2013 [HTC CASE SYNOPSIS] HTC case synopsis COMPANY HISTORY HTC Corporation‚ stands for High Tech Computer Corporation‚ located in Taiwan‚ was founded by three members‚ Cher Wang (chairman)‚ HT Cho (director and chairman)‚ and Peter Chou (President and CEO) in 1997. HTC started as an original designer and equipment manufacturer that designs products such as mobile phones and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistant). However‚ HTC did not have successful products nor did it build a high reputation
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2: Academic Research Essay The Recommendation for HTC Company Student’s Name: Viola Xu Student ID#: QING21168 Teacher: Ben Charlton Due Date: 26 September 2012 Word Count: 1682 Table of Contents Executive Summary 1 Introduction: 1 Method: 3 Findings: 4 Discussion: 6 Conclusions and Recommendations: 7 References 9 Appendices 10 Executive Summary This report was raised to find a method to help HTC have a larger market in China by recommending a marketing mix. A decrease
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Case Analysis --HTC Corp.in 2009 Class: Competitive Marketing Strategy Student Name: Fisher Yu 1. Evaluate HTC’s performance to date. What are its competitive advantages and vulnerabilities? Be sure to elaborate on HTC and its competitors’ positioning on performance and cost. Financial performance of HTC compared with its main competitors For this part‚ we will be using ROA (return on assets)‚ ROE (return on equity)‚ and profit margin to evaluate HTC’s abilities to generate profits
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platform has given HTC a boost‚ but now the Taiwanese handset maker are vulnerable to underwhelming sales in America and Europe. Their hope? China. HTC only entered China in early 2010‚ much later than its established peers. It is playing catching up with international premium brands‚ such as Apple‚ Samsung and LG‚ where HTC is currently aiming to get a slice of the pie. However‚ the company is also facing stiff competition from local brands who operate at the lower price market. In this Global
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Table of Content 1. Introduction 3 2. Strategic Action 3 3. The Analytical Model 4 4. Overview of HTC Company 4 5. External Analysis 4 5.1 Macro-environment (STEEP) 5 5.2 Industry Analysis 5 6. Internal Analysis and the matching of capabilities with Key Success Factors 7 7. HTC’s Competitive advantage 8 8. Strategic Actions required to meet KSF or turn KSF into competitive advantage 9 8.1 Innovation and Agility 9 8.2 Brand and Equity 9 8.3 Economies of scale 9 8.4 Financial Resources
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business for branded handset companies. HTC designs and manufactures products as specified by third parties that are later on the process sold under a different name. All the specified products are highly innovative and advanced.In fact HTC was one of the first carriers to launch a touchable screen phone (HTC Touch) in 2007‚ three weeks before the iphone was first comercialized. After that‚ HTC released the next model‚ the Touch Diamond‚ that improve HTC Touch with a more solid internet experience
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Product Differentiation and Market Segmentation in Applesauce: Using a Choice Experiment to Assess the Value of Organic‚ Local‚ and Nutrition Attributes Jennifer S. James‚ Bradley J. Rickard‚ William J. Rossman Recently‚ there has been much interest among horticultural producers concerning the marketing of organic and locally produced food. A consumer survey was administered that asked respondents to choose an applesauce product from a list of products differentiated by price‚ and by labels that
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directors of HTC for your review. Challenge HTC‚ while maintaining its current ODM business‚ will develop a strategy that leverages its core competence as a mobile phone manufacturer to create a premium HTC branded smart phone to achieve a 12% global market share of all end-user smart phones within 3 years. HTC will form strategic partnerships with one or more operating system providers to ensure the design of the smart phone is tailored and optimised to the selected operating system(s). HTC will reach
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COMPANY PROFILE HTC Corporation REFERENCE CODE: D030D163-1966-4A48-AE13-80DC33BF7F54 PUBLICATION DATE: 8 Aug 2012 www.marketline.com COPYRIGHT MARKETLINE. THIS CONTENT IS A LICENSED PRODUCT AND IS NOT TO BE PHOTOCOPIED OR DISTRIBUTED. HTC Corporation TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Company Overview..............................................................................................3 Key Facts............................................................................
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Chapter 8 is entitled Segmentation‚ Targeting‚ and Positioning and focuses on how companies divide their markets‚ how they choose which markets to pursue‚ and how they position their products to make them more attractive to consumers. The chapter starts of by detailing the five levels of the Segmentation‚ Targeting‚ and Positioning Process. The first two steps are a part of Segmentation and they are developing the strategies or objectives and segmentation methods. The next two steps‚ evaluating
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