Developing High Adaptive Capabilities: The Case of CISCO
Published: 2018
Author(s) Name: Prashant Salwan and Kapil Sharma |
Author(s) Affiliation: Professor, Strategy & International Business, Indian Institute of Management Indore.
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Abstract
The internet and power of intelligent
network help firms to increase
its enterprise value by entering new
markets, developing new products,
creating flexible operations structure,
attracting good people and
thus increasing the willingness to
pay. CISCO predicted all these
opportunities and enchased its capabilities
which helped them capitalize
on the globalization advantages.
CISCO developed high
adaptive capabilities (HAC) and
implemented choices that helped it
invest rightly and kept the cost of
business under control which
helped in record superior returns
on investment and shorter payback
period. HAC not only helped
CISCO in optimizing the total cost
of ownership (TCO) but also maintaining
benchmarked service level
agreements (SLA). CISCO reinvented
its business model to
synergize the resources across the
organization.
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