294-305‚ 18 January‚ 2011 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/AJBM ISSN 1993-8233 ©2011 Academic Journals Full Length Research Paper Dynamic capabilities‚ collaborative network and business model: An empirical analysis of Taiwan HTC Corporation Chi-Ho Chiou Ching Yun University‚ Department of Business Administration and Institute of Business and Management‚ No.229‚ Jiansing Rd.‚ Taoyuan County 320‚Taiwan. E-mail: chiho@cyu.edu.tw. Accepted 21 July‚ 2010 In the era of hypercompetition
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Macro SWOT Analysis Strength * Solid design and innovation: HTC is one of the leading ODMs (Original Design Manufacturer) for many top-tier operator-branded devices. It owns and designs the in-house products that are branded by other operators. The solid background may step up the producing process. * R&D investment: HTC has spent 15%-20% of sales on R&D. It recently opened the new R&D offices in North Carolina and Taipei to extend products’ features and functions. This may
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Executive summary Using Google’s Andriod platform has given HTC a boost‚ but now the Taiwanese handset maker are vulnerable to underwhelming sales in America and Europe. Their hope? China. HTC only entered China in early 2010‚ much later than its established peers. It is playing catching up with international premium brands‚ such as Apple‚ Samsung and LG‚ where HTC is currently aiming to get a slice of the pie. However‚ the company is also facing stiff competition from local brands who operate
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Case Analysis --HTC Corp.in 2009 Class: Competitive Marketing Strategy Student Name: Fisher Yu 1. Evaluate HTC’s performance to date. What are its competitive advantages and vulnerabilities? Be sure to elaborate on HTC and its competitors’ positioning on performance and cost. Financial performance of HTC compared with its main competitors For this part‚ we will be using ROA (return on assets)‚ ROE (return on equity)‚ and profit margin to evaluate HTC’s abilities to generate profits
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9-709-466 REV: DECEMBER 8‚ 2009 DAVID B. YOFFIE RENEE KIM HTC Corp. in 2009 Peter Chou‚ HTC Corp.’s Chief Executive Officer‚ returned to Taiwan with a sense of exhilaration and pride from Mobile World Congress 2009‚ the world’s leading exhibition for mobile phones. HTC generated a buzz for revealing two new handsets‚ as well as surprising the world with the announcement of HTC Magic‚ the second phone that ran on Google’s new mobile platform‚ Android. As Chou claimed‚ “We got lots of
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2013 [HTC CASE SYNOPSIS] HTC case synopsis COMPANY HISTORY HTC Corporation‚ stands for High Tech Computer Corporation‚ located in Taiwan‚ was founded by three members‚ Cher Wang (chairman)‚ HT Cho (director and chairman)‚ and Peter Chou (President and CEO) in 1997. HTC started as an original designer and equipment manufacturer that designs products such as mobile phones and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistant). However‚ HTC did not have successful products nor did it build a high reputation
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1.0 Introduction Presentation of HTC Corporation HTC Corporation (HTC) is a Taiwanese operation founded in May 1997 in Taiwan‚ which is one of the most influential‚ creative and leading players in global telecommunications with an n increasing influence in the industry’s future (HTC quietly billion‚ 2012). HTC’s portfolio includes smartphones and tablets powered by the Android and HTC Sense™ operating systems (HTC Annual Report‚ 2010). Focusing on smartphone market; devoting to innovation and design
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Assessment Event 2: Academic Research Essay The Recommendation for HTC Company Student’s Name: Viola Xu Student ID#: QING21168 Teacher: Ben Charlton Due Date: 26 September 2012 Word Count: 1682 Table of Contents Executive Summary 1 Introduction: 1 Method: 3 Findings: 4 Discussion: 6 Conclusions and Recommendations: 7 References 9 Appendices 10 Executive Summary This report was raised to find a method to help HTC have a larger market in China by recommending a marketing mix
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Table of Content 1. Introduction 3 2. Strategic Action 3 3. The Analytical Model 4 4. Overview of HTC Company 4 5. External Analysis 4 5.1 Macro-environment (STEEP) 5 5.2 Industry Analysis 5 6. Internal Analysis and the matching of capabilities with Key Success Factors 7 7. HTC’s Competitive advantage 8 8. Strategic Actions required to meet KSF or turn KSF into competitive advantage 9 8.1 Innovation and Agility 9 8.2 Brand and Equity 9 8.3 Economies of scale 9 8.4 Financial Resources
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business for branded handset companies. HTC designs and manufactures products as specified by third parties that are later on the process sold under a different name. All the specified products are highly innovative and advanced.In fact HTC was one of the first carriers to launch a touchable screen phone (HTC Touch) in 2007‚ three weeks before the iphone was first comercialized. After that‚ HTC released the next model‚ the Touch Diamond‚ that improve HTC Touch with a more solid internet experience
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