****International Business Discussion ****

Using the Chapter 12 Case Study for Lenovo (p. 318), answer all questions below. Include Topic # before your response, overall four (4) Topic #s.
Topic #1
What strategies does Lenovo employ to maximize company efficiency and flexibility? What does Lenovo management do to foster organizational learning?  
Topic #2
What are the characteristics of Lenovo’s culture? How does the culture help Lenovo achieve its international goals?
Topic #3
Is the firm’s strategy primarily multi-domestic or global? Justify your answer. What advantages does Lenovo derive from the particular international strategy(s) that it pursues? 
Topic #4
Examine Lenovo in terms of the integration-responsiveness framework. What are the pressures that Lenovo faces for local responsiveness? What are the pressures that Lenovo faces for global integration? What advantages do local responsiveness and global integration each bring to Lenovo?