South Korean manufacturer Samsung has created a buzz with a "selfie" picture taken during the Oscars by a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 with several Hollywood celebrities. This picture had been posted on Twitter‚ a famous online social networking‚ by the Oscars host Ellen De Generes and then retweetted more than two millions times‚ a record. This phenomenon had a large impact on both product and the company. However it turns out that this event had been completely planned by Samsung and it was not an unintentional
Premium Boston Red Sox President of the United States Barack Obama
Summery Samsung Electronics has proven to the business world that they are one of the mostprestigious technology companies in the industry. With more technology advancements thanour market can handle at this point and time‚ Samsung has paved the way for the future inelectronics. One of the most popular new “toys” in the market today‚ is the unbelievable 3D TV.The first 3D TV was launched in March of 2010‚ and has already had a major impact on themarket. With the release earlier this year‚ Samsung dominated
Premium Future Advertising Competitor analysis
(Figure 1) (Kotler & Keller‚ 2012‚ p.309)‚ Samsung Mobile tries to cover whole mobile and smartphone market. Today company’s product lineup includes almost any possible smartphone or mobile. Samsung doesn’t refuse to produce cheep & simple mobiles‚ in case that there are still popular on the market‚ as a second mobile or communication tool for children and olds‚ who is not need in high-developed smartphones. Thereby the current positioning of Samsung Mobile is to be a market leader in whole mobile
Premium Mobile phone Smartphone Motorola
Executive Summary Samsung Electronics was established in 1969 and successfully developed its own products internally in 1980s. The company grew very fast and even continued to lead the market with an 8% growth in gross sales during Asian crisis in 1997. Now it is transforming to a global digital company with many products occupying substantial market shares in the world. Samsung Electronics attributed its success to four main factors; (1) Highly creative employees can develop new technologies;
Premium South Korea Marketing
651 Mar 28‚ 2012 Samsung SWOT Analysis Case #7 1. What are some of Samsung’s greatest competitive strengths? Samsung’s greatest competitive strengths are its innovation‚ and ability to produce a product at a fast pace. Samsung allocates a large portion of company spending to research and development in order to stay ahead of the game. Samsung was responsible for producing the first Blu-Ray player‚ first cell phone with an MP3 player inside‚ and popularizing the PDA phone. Samsung also created a tablet
Premium Mobile phone Smartphone
I. Positioning Statement Samsung embodies style and technology for the young professional‚ with its cutting edge design and superior connectivity features. Samsung’s positioning statement is one that asserts its differentiation vis-à-vis other mobile phone providers. In the local market where myriad choices abound‚ Samsung’s sleek exterior design‚ accompanied by its selection of soft and hard features‚ render it an optimal purchase for the young‚ technologically updated professional. II. SWOT
Premium Mobile phone
SAMSUNG‚ AN ORIGINAL AND COMPETITIVE SOCIAL MODEL: THE ROLE OF THE FOUNDER‚ LEE BYUNG-CHULL1 by Rang-Ri PARK 2 Doctor in History Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV) University Dominique BARJOT Professor of Modern Economic History Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV) University In 2006‚ the economic value of the Samsung brand stood at 20th place‚ ahead of Dell‚ Apple‚ Philips and Panasonic... 3 Samsung or the “three star” company was established in 1938 by an extraordinary entrepreneur‚ Byung Chull Lee
Premium Samsung Group Lee Kun-hee Samsung Electronics
Marriott Corporation Abstract Marriott Corporation has three divisions – lodging‚ contract services and restaurants – with dissimilar operations. The company uses three separate hurdle rates for the three divisions to value the proposed projects. It is believed that this strategy is more appropriate that using a single firm-wide discount rate because the operations of the three divisions differ drastically. However‚ the company has to ensure that the company uses an appropriate discount rate for
Premium Net present value Investment Weighted average cost of capital
3.0 Internal Environment of Samsung 3.1 Resources 3.1.1 Tangible resources In 2009‚ Samsung Electronics has reached $ 110.2 billion market capitalization‚ for the first time beyond Intel‚ the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturer revenue‚ Samsung in 2009 to $ 117.8 billion in annual sales‚ revenue has surpassed HP as the world’s largest electronics company‚ is the world’s first two big chip plant‚ second in size only Intel 2008 is to have up to 21 products in the world market share in the
Premium Lee Kun-hee Samsung Group Strategic management
Even then‚ overcoming issues such as customer loyalty and switching costs would be another large barrier to entry. The threat of substitutes (High) For Samsung‚ almost any phone that performs the same functions as a Samsung phone could be considered a substitute. This includes other devices running the Android OS and not made by Samsung‚ (Motorola Droid comes to mind) as well as other devices like the Apple iPhone or Blackberry. All of these are in high abundance with similar cost and highly
Premium Mobile phone Motorola