August 27‚ 2012 Samsung Electronics (005930 KS) Company Update US jury sides with Apple WHAT’S THE STORY? Event: A US jury on Aug 24 handed Apple a sweeping victory over Samsung Electronics (SEC)—in stark contrast to an earlier split ruling by a Korean court. Impact: The verdict implies that the handset industry will now compete more fiercely in design‚ as well as in technology‚ eroding the profitability of handset makers and parts suppliers. On the positive side‚ the battles should
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Samsung group is a multinational company located in South Korea. It was founded in 1938 by Lee Byung-chull and since then great changes took place). At the beginning Samsung was a small trading company with forty employees. After the Korean War in 1954 Samsung grown up and entered several industries. It will take about three decades since its creation (1938) before it enters the electronics industry. Moreover‚ it will take another three decades to rise into a multinational organisation (1990). It
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The conflicts between Apple and Samsung In the emerging market smartphone usage is increasing‚ while the most representative brands are Apple and Samsung. Apple is the most valuable US brand that has played a dominant position in US; while Samsung is a South Korea multinational conglomerate firm and the represent products are innovative and revolutionary smartphone and tablet. Apple and Samsung are the most extraordinary companies in terms of the advanced productions and market capitalization (Cantor
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Primary objective: Maximise shareholder wealth. Shareholder wealth is maximised by dividend payments and a capital gain through higher share price. Secondary objectives: Meet financial targets (e.g. satisfactory ROCE) Meet productivity targets Establish brands and quality standards Establish effective communication with customers‚ suppliers‚ employees. Why is Maximising Shareholder Wealth the Main Objective? 1. Wealth Maximisation Considers Cash Flows Shareholders of a company can realize
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The history of Samsung The Samsung Group emerged as one of the largest organization in the world over the years while the company is known for their technology division as well. The company is a South Korean multinational conglomerate company in Samsung Town‚ Seoul‚ South Korea. The size of the company is almost inestimable in recent years. Thus‚ I choose the Samsung group as the organization for my assignment. The founder of the Samsung is Lee Byung Chull who started his business by exporting
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sources of competitive advantage that increase the WTP for Samsung customers. The first one is the Product Mix. Samsung offer to its customers a huge variety of products‚ ranging from the cutting-edge technology to more basic products. It also offers customized products to focus on niche markets. With this strategy‚ Samsung is able to compete in a broad range of segments in the market‚ usually offering superior products. In 2003 for example‚ Samsung offered over 1‚200 different variations of DRAM products
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Product Samsung is one of the world’s largest information technology company‚ it publish many different type of product to the market‚ their products include Mobile phones; TV‚ Audio and Video; Camera and camcorders; Notebooks and Monitors. Samsung’s flagship mobile handset line is the Samsung Galaxy S‚ which many consider a direct competitor of the Apple iPhone. Samsung sold 235 million mobile handsets in the year 2009. At the end of the third quarter of 2010‚ the company had surpassed the 70
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Is Samsung Mobile Business Model sustainable in China facing the growing Chinese competitors ? “Change everything except your wives and kids” Lee Keun-Hee‚ CEO of Samsung group in 1993 after he visited an electronic store and saw Samsung products gathering dust behind Sony and Panasonic products. Introduction : Why did I choose this subject ? I have been following this company for 6 years so far. Recently‚ I have been really concerned by the fact Samsung has been losing market share and displaced
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Q. What was Samsung Electronics target‚ how did it change and what is a best way for it to change in the future with the changing external environment? When Samsung Electronics started out by purchasing the first wafer production in Korea called the Korea Semiconductor Company. Kun hee Lee saw the potential in the semiconductor industry‚ and the investment will offer higher offer higher growth rates. Since the company was relying on labor-intensive assembly lines‚ importing semiconductors and
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1. How was Samsung able to go from copycat brand to product leader? Samsung was a copycat brand from the time it started to around the 90s. Some of the first items they made were calculators and black and white TVs. In 1993 Samsung unveiled a new strategy that they called “New Management”. They made the decision not to be a cheap copycat brand anymore. Samsung cut ties with low end retailers like Kmart and Wal-Mart. They started distributing at stores like Circuit City and Best Buy. They started
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