What are the environmental factors that help drive the Shanzhai phenomenon?
Complete the following written assignment of “Shanzhai (“Bandit”) Mobile Phone Companies”
1.What are the environmental factors that help drive the Shanzhai phenomenon?
2.What characteristics are critical to the success of Shanzhai handset companies?
1. How have these characteristics been used by leading edge mainstream companies?
2. What can mainstream companies do to mitigate the impact of Shanzhais?
3. What must companies like Shanzhais do to become mainstream?
4.What are positive and negative contributions of Shanzhai companies to the industry and the larger economy?
5. What potential System Thinking Archetypes have you identified in this case study and what aspects of the case lead you to that conclusion?
6. Think five-to-ten years into the future. From the information presented in the case, what System Thinking Archetype do you think will be predominant within this case in the future time frame? Why?
