Marketing Mid-Term Sony AIBO: Case Analysis Prepared by: 1. a. What was Sony’s positioning strategy for AIBO? The AIBO is a robot. In its most simplistic form it is an amalgamation of steel‚ circuitry‚ and software. Sony‚ however‚ did not position the AIBO as a robot. Instead they positioned the AIBO as a pet with no utility or usefulness‚ but rather as a source of entertainment and companionship. Takeshi Yazawa‚ Vice President of Sony Entertainment Robot America‚ succinctly
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Did you know that Aprille Ericsson-Jackson was the first African American woman to get a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the one any only Howard University? She also was the first African American female to receive a Ph.D. in Engineering at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. I think Aprille is a great roll model because she put her mind to the test and went away to collage to get a good job to support herself and even her family. I like how it seems like she strive to be the best and I
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PEST Analysis for Sony Corporation POLITICAL FACTORS Political factors for Sony Corporation can be changed at any time. TheGovernment holds the power to change any policies and regulationswhich may affect Sony at the time. The credit crunch and the recession may become reduced‚ therefore resulting in better trades for Sony Corporation. However this also means that the same has occurred for Sony¶s competitors. This means that Sony must develop ideas on how to stay ahead of its competitors. The
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surf the net provided by Sony Computer Entertainment‚ Inc. On 19th April 2011‚ PSN was struck by hacker and this resulted in an outage of PSN. It was believed that approximately 77 million users’ personal information was stolen by hacker. This case is highlighted because it vividly depicts the issue of data leakage and its effect to the users. I will firstly discuss how PSN works and how it was hacked under technical analysis. Next‚ I will touch on some legal issues which Sony violated in certain countries
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Organization Early in human existence people learned that their individual efforts often fell short of success. They found that they were unable to accomplish many tasks that require more than individual effort. Therefore the necessity of group activity was discovered relatively early in human existence. Group activity could be aimed at some higher‚ more complex set of goals and could thus bring greater benefits to all concerned. This quality of group activity must be counted as one of the chief
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Executive Summary In this Consumer Behavior assignment‚ students are required to choose a product such as Apple-iPad‚ Apples-iPhones‚ laptops‚ cars‚ handbags‚ cosmetics‚ skin care‚ food and beverages and so on. The product that I choose is Sony VAIO T Series Ultrabook. First of all‚ students are required to study and give an introduction about the explanation on the product and address the background of the product. Next‚ students are required to identify the features and criteria
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SONY PLAYSTATION TABLE OF CONTENT SECTION I – INDUSTRY SUMMARY: AN ANALYSIS OF THE INDUSTRY MARKET SITUATION ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING: PESTEL MICRO-ENVIRONMENT FIVE FORCE MODEL ANALYSIS EFE MATRIX SECTION II – COMPANY PERSPECTIVE: AN ANALYSIS OF COMPANY/BRAND COMPANY BACKGROUND PRODUCT BACKGROUND STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES SPACE ANALYSIS 6 FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS IFE MATRIX SECTION III – COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS 20 21 23 24 25 26 10 11 12 13 15 18 1 3 5 6 8 COMPETITORS IN THE MARKET STRATEGIC GROUP
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Sony AIBO case analysis AIBO‚ a robotic dog doesn’t do anything useful at all‚ but provides “entertainment” by stimulating some of the personality characteristics of a pet without the inconvenience of a real animal. According to Toshitada Doi‚ Sony’s leading computer engineer‚ AIBO is a computer that provides love and healing for people. The first generation ERS-110 can imitate dog’s behaviors‚ “see”‚ show “emotions”‚ “learn” and evolve “personality”. The second generation ERS-210 has voice recognition
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Sony Corporation Business in New Asia Prof. Wiboon Meijuan Xu overview of Contents • Brief environmental analysis of the company’s current situation • Brief explanation of the decision(s) facing them • Brief recommendation of what they should do Overview of company • COMPANY: Sony‚ a company founded in 1946 with one of the most famous global brand names. • SONY’S DNA: A distinctive will and drive to generate new value • MAIN BUSINESSES: Sony operates primarily as a consumer electronics firm
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Shakeup at Sony‚": Sony replaces Nobuyuki Idei‚ its departing CEO with Sir Howard Stringer in 22 June 2005. The public previously had the impression that either Kunitake Ando (Idei ’s previous nomination) or Ken Kutaragi (Mr. Norio Ohga ’s favourite) would take over this position. Though Norio Ohga has given his title in 1999 to Nobuyuki Idei‚ he stills hold the title of Chairman and interferes with daily operation and influenced directors ’ board decision. Ohga was first jealous of Idei ’s success
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