Case Analysis for SONY VAIO target consumers in China KULDIP MEDHE NORTHEND CORE ISSUE Which segments of population should Mr. Richard Lopez‚ the product manager for Sony corporation target for positioning of its new brand of laptops “VAIO” in the Chinese market. CONCERNS AND OBJECTIVE Mr. Lopez had too much data to analyze and draft his marketing plan. He was working on three market research reports‚ a study on consumer values‚ qualitative interview data‚ a segmentation study completed
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Case 5: Sony Shockwave In Search of the Next Hit Product Questions 1. Discuss the importance of product innovation to the future success of Sony in regard to the changing marketing environment environment. 2. Conduct a SWOT analysis on Sony. 3. What are the strategic options available to Sony‚ in y ‚ the wake of “Sony Shock”? Furthermore‚ recommend a course of action for Sony. Q1. Importance of Product Innovation to Sony s Sony’s Future Success Product innovation enables Sony to: • Retain
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a culture of embracing technical innovation. On the production side‚ Philips was a leader in industrial research‚ and scrapped old plants in favor of new machines or factories whenever advances were made. On the product side‚ strong research enabled the company to broaden its product line‚ starting with light bulbs but growing into vacuum tubes‚ radios and X-ray tubes by the 1930s. Because Holland was such a small country‚ Philips was forced to start exporting in the early 1900s in order to
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Course: Leadership Instructor: Mr. Youssef Nassar Prepared by Daoud Matta‚ Class 13 Date: September 23‚ 2012 Samman has been so far a successful entrepreneur. He established CMCS‚ expanded it to new territories with a wide range of products and services‚ and built reputation and brand recognition. With the ambition to continue growing further‚ he is concerned about losing control of the business‚ about staff retention‚ and about changing his management style. Sammam adopts an “autocratic
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S E 1 3 Sony Corporation: Car Navigation Systems 31 I n April 1996‚ Masao Morita‚ president of the Sony Personal and Mobile Communication Company‚ a division of the Sony Corporation‚ pondered how to recover Sony’s initial leadership in car navigation systems in Japan. As the first company to launch a reasonably priced (around $2‚000) after-market model in 1993‚ Sony could claim to have created the world’s largest car navigation systems market in Japan. Since the late 1980s‚ Sony led a group
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PORTERS FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS OF SONY CORPORATION 1. Threats of new Entry (Low): Electronic industry needs huge amount of capitals. High scale economy and constant innovation is another barrier to a new entrant. Moreover‚ the government policy acts as entry barrier for a new company. 2. Bargaining Power of Buyer (High): For Sony Corp. product the bargaining power of buyers very high as there is almost no switching cost from one brand to another. And the information technology provides the
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Vertical Integration Back in 2002‚ Sony geared themselves toward a vertical strategy as reported by Rob Weisenthal‚ VP and CFO of Sony Corp. of America‚ “Under the USA umbrella‚ we undertook a number of vertical initiatives for each operating division. These have already produced significant operational streamlining and financial performance improvements.” As discussed in his release‚ Weisenthal talked about Sony Pictures Entertainment and their strategy to restructure television operations‚ where
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SONY CORPORATION Enter your name October 18‚ 2008 SECTION 1: CONTACT INFORMATION Name: Sony Corporation Designation: Howard Stringer‚ CEO Organisation: Sony Corporation Email Address: http://www.sony.com.my Contact No: 03 2295 0200 (Office) 03 2295 0408 (Fax) Mailing Address: 1-7-1‚Minota-ku Tokyo 108-0075‚ Japan. The Sony Corporation is mainly focused on the Electronics for example IT products and components
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Closing Case Chapter 7 1. Why did both Sony and Toshiba perceive it to be so important to get an early lead in sales? Based on past format wars‚ the trend had been “winner takes all.” With that in mind‚ Sony and Toshiba attempted to get as many early adopters as possible and secure early sales so that more people would recognize and buy their particular format over the other in the future. Whichever company achieved the quickest jump start would see an accelerated demand for its format and
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Brian T Castagna Wilmington University BBM 402 Sony Case Study 1. Sony had been so successful in the past with the Walkman‚ Playstation‚ and other electronics because they were innovative and new for their time. They helped reshape the music and gaming industry as we know it today. Without such developments‚ technology might not be where it is today. Sony’s competition was also vastly different. At the time of the Walkman‚ there were no other major competitors and the purchase of CBS Records
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