What is the value proposition? AIBO was not only a lovable toy but also an intelligent functional product that Sony programmed to respond with affection to creatures that ask for people’s nurturance. Sony made it have “brain” and motor skills by artificial intelligence software‚ made it have “emotion” and “personality” which made customers take it as real pet‚ or companion. People give care to it and get reaction as well. This kind of feedback loop is an area where people are really emotionally vulnerable
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September the 26th 2012 Case Analysis: Sony Playstation 3 1. What‚ if anything‚ should Sony do to turn around the sales of the PS3? * Instead of focusing on one particular target segment (18 to 35 year-old male gamers with above average-education and high degree of comfort with new technology) further target segments should also be focused (e.g. women‚ children‚ occasional gamers and non-gamers). Some of the further customers require games which are easy to play because they have a low
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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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CHAPTER SIX – SONY 1. How did Sony internationalize its R&D activities? What were the initial motivations for Sony to establish technology centres abroad? How would Kuemmerle categorize the R&D centres at Sony? 2. How have the motivations for internationalizing R&D changed over time? 3. Why did Sony feel the need to internationalize its R&D activities in the late 1980s and early 1990s? 4. How did Sony manage its overseas R&D activities? How did the managerial approach evolve over time? 5
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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 Time Context: End of the fiscal year in March 2000 Viewpoint: Marketing Analyst Facts: March‚ 2000 - Sony Corporation began to redesign itself as a forward-looking company in the network era of the 21st century. Consolidated net sales in the given fiscal year: 6‚687 billion yen Operating income: 241 billion yen Sony’s market capitalization: 9.1 trillion yen 4th among the Japanese companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as of May 18 2001 (Top 3 companies- NTT Docomo‚
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Sony BMG Music Entertainment‚ the second largest record music company in the world. This study is about the Sony BMG’s Market Entry into Second Life‚ as Virtual World of Second Life becomes increasingly popular. It started as a little 3D online community in 2003 developed into a sophisticated virtual world with more than 4 million users from around the globe and with an economy larger than that of a small real-world country. As part of its search for new revenue streams in an industry that has frequently
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and Intellectual The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business Property: Real‚ Personal and Intellectual In SONY CORP. v. UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS‚ INC.‚ 464 U.S. 417 (1984) 104 S. Ct. 774‚ Sony Corporation was the petitioner and Universal Studios was the respondent”1. This was an appeal to a higher court‚ after a lower court decision. “The case dealt with Sony Corp. being sued for manufactured video tape recorders (VTR ’s) infringing on Universal Studios copyrighted materials that were
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The Rape of Europa has been the greatest piece of artwork I have happened across. The first time I looked at Tiziano Vecillio‚ or Titian’s painting I was mortified at the subject he had decided to paint about‚ and as I started researching the history of his painting I found myself disgusted with the true meaning of the painting. However‚ I also find myself dazzled by the spectacular artwork he has given the world‚ and the boldness he had to choose such a controversial myth to paint of. The painting
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Rosa Perez E. Toplansky HUM 238 13 May 2015 “The Rape of Europa Reaction” In the film The Rape of Europa showed a despicable display of hatred between the Jewish communities. During the war in 1939 Europe’s most treasured and valuable artwork were stolen by the Nazis. Some artwork was destroyed‚ lost and others ended up in a museum. However‚ the monuments men were a courageous group. They helped to recover as much of the culture of Europe (Rich Berge). Rose Valland the French art historian‚ was
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