Executive Summary Sony Mobile Communications is a multinational mobile phone company and is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation. Problem Recognition Chart 1: Smartphone Operating Sales in Q4 2011 [pic]Source: Gartner 2011 Sony has been developing solid phones for more than a decade now‚ however‚ it has not been very successful in the smart phone industry. Referring to Chart 1‚ Sony only has 5% of the market share of the smart phone sales during 4th quarter of 2011. The lack of market share is
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Promotion Strategy Advertising VAIO C Series uses advertising to communicate to consumers. In addition‚ it classifies its segmentation to communicate directly with each ages or lifestyles of consumers. Message on advertising must classify to depend on target group because they are different such as teenager or young. Those target groups want notebook to reflect to their lifestyles. Using message to make recognition about functional‚ smart‚ cool‚ and modern is available for teenage or young. As
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SONY BRAVIA 3D HDTV ® 2010 MARKETING AND PROMOTION PLAN ALLA ABRAMYCHEVA MICHAEL GUZMAN FARAN MAQSUD KEITH McMURDY ANDREW YAKOVLEV PREPARED FOR PROFESSOR DAVID DIAMOND MKT 9703 MARKETING MANAGEMENT CUNY BARUCH ZICKLIN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS 5/2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS SONY ADVANTAGE p.3 COMPANY AND PRODUCT PROFILE p.4 SWOT AND COMPETITOR ANALYSIS p.7 MARKETING PLAN OBJECTIVES p.10 CUSTOMER TARGETS AND SEGMENTS p.12 MARKET POSITIONING p.14 IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES p.16 PROMOTIONAL PLAN p.17 CONCLUSION
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Sony Company Background and Management Sony Corporation Company Profile‚ History‚ Management‚ and Culture Company History Akio Morita‚ Masaru Ibuka‚ and Tamon Maeda (Ibuka’s father-in-law) started Tokyo telecommunications Engineering in 1946 with funding from Morita’s father’s sake business. The company produced the first Japanese tape recorder in 1950. Three years later‚ Morita paid Western Electric (US) $25‚000 for transistor technology licenses‚ which sparked a consumer electronics revolution
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rigidities of Sony In their own success‚ Sony created a problem for themselves – resisting changing‚ and failing to recognize that changes were happening rapidly. All core competencies have the potential to become core rigidities (死板). Core rigidities inhibit Sony’s ability to access and develop new capabilities‚ and it prevents Sony from responding appropriately to changes‚ in particular the rapid changes in technology‚ thus losing their competitiveness. The culture for Sony appears to be
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SONY Our mission is to bring new technologies‚ content and services together in unprecedented ways that enable people to re-shape their perception of the world and enhance their lives. We share an attitude to constantly challenge the rules and boundaries that surround us - to explore what is possible and create what is new. Above all else‚ at Sony Europe we believe our purpose is to enrich life through technology. With its music‚ pictures‚ game and online businesses Sony is uniquely positioned
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Sony Mobile Communications Strategy - A method or plan chosen to bring about a desired future‚ such as achievement of a goal or solution to a problem. (http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/strategy.html ) Strategic planning - A systematic process of envisioning a desired future‚ and translating this vision into broadly defined goals or objectives and a sequence of steps to achieve them. (http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/strategic-planning.html ) Vision - An aspirational description of
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Philips vs. Matsushita Case Greg Tensa 1. How did Philips become the leading consumer electronics company in the world post war era? What distinctive competencies did they build? What incompetancies did they build? Prior to World War II‚ Philips had created 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
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SONY CASE STUDY QUESTION Outline and evaluate Sony’s strategic position at the end of the case study‚ including its management of change. What strategic changes (if any) would you now recommend to Sony’s Management? Introduction 1.1 Sony’s fate through the 1990s has been characterised by grave vagaries of events in its fifty years of operation. Enormous successes from 1946 has been attributed to the collaborative venture between
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THEIR HELPING HAND IN THIS VENTURE. CONTENTS TOPICS | PAGE NO. | INTRODUCTION OF SONY VAIO | 3 | HISTORY | 3 | MISSION‚ VISION‚ GOAL | 4 | MARKET SHARE | 6 | SONY VAIO AND ITS COMPETITORS IN THE LIGHT OF 4Ps-COMPARATIVE STUDY | 7 | COMPETIIVE ADVANTAGE | 8 | PROBLEMS FACED BY SONY VAIO | 8 | RECOMMENDED MARKETING STRATEGIES | 9 | FUTURE PLANS | 14 | BIBLIOGRAPHY | 14 | INTRODUCION Sony is known as one of the most comprehensive entertainment and technology companies in the
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