accomplishing these things make a very strong barrier to entry. 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
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Students Brand Preferences Between Apple and Samsung Smartphone INTRODUCTION Smartphone has revolutionized the way we do thing‚ the role Smartphone play in today’s society is phenomenal. Today’s Smartphone is taking the role of computer‚ making it possible to do a lot with this small hand held device. It has a broad use such as sharing information‚ paying for products‚ browsing‚ and shopping. Virtually every activity today has a Smartphone application for it. Smartphone can be
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releasing tablets. One of the most widely hyped and widely owned non-iPad tablets is the Samsung Galaxy Tab. After an earlier effort‚ Samsung released the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and is going to release the Galaxy Tab 8.9 soon” (Sam Costello‚ iPad vs. Samsung Galaxy Tab). “According to IDC‚ Apple was the number one tablet vendor in 2013 and took nearly 40% of the market‚ largely due to the smaller and cheaper iPad Mini. Samsung was number two with almost 18% of the market‚ followed by Asus and Amazon” (Steve Kovach
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MARKETING MIX OF SAMSUNG Samsung is a South Korean multinational company‚ founded by Lee Byung Chull‚ in the year 1938. It entered the electronics industry in the late 1960s. Since 1990s‚ Samsung has globalized its electronics‚ mainly mobile phones‚ which have become its major source of income. The Samsung galaxy series is one of the brand builders for Samsung and hence we will discussing the marketing mix of Samsung Galaxy. Despite the competition from similar companies‚ Samsung is growing manifold
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Case Study - III Samsung – The Making of a Global Brand Q. No 1. By 2002‚ Samsung was rated as one of the top 3 players in the global mobile handset market. Analysts attributed Samsung’s success to its marketing initiatives. Discuss the role of marketing in Samsung’s success. Answer: Samsung’s vision was to become the leader in the emerging digital convergence era‚ which is defined by two trends: combining different technologies in one product‚ and linking multiple technologies through one
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phone‚ the refresh has been less than inspired. ..."[Nokia’s] high-end phones are small‚ but they’re boxy. Samsung’s high-end [models] are thin and slick." ...Samsung went for the wow effect‚ creating got to-have-it phones. Now‚ Nokia is playing catch-up. "It all comes down to innovation and product development‚" says Hoffman. "Right now‚ Samsung is head and shoulders above Nokia in creating products that consumer’s desire. Nokia has maintained their market share‚ but they’re using price and marketing
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Executive Summary This paper provides an analysis on the success of Samsung over recent months which has allowed the company to crush its long term competitor‚ Apple. Methods of analysis include Samsung’s unique quality management practices‚ supply chain structures‚ partnerships and financial performance. Results of the analysis show Samsung’s high quality methods on all its business processes‚ and the business model structure which has allowed it to gain an upper hand in the market. The report
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Acer closes in on Dell’s No. 2 PC ranking By Bruce Einhorn‚ BusinessWeek Tuesday‚ January 20‚ 2009 11:33 AM Just a few years ago there was a clear pecking order in the PC industry‚ with Dell at the front and Acer way back in the queue. Dell and its U.S. rival Hewlett-Packard were the clear champions‚ selling far more desktops and laptops than anyone else. Meanwhile‚ little Acer‚ a Taiwanese company that had tried and failed in the 1990s to crack the U.S. market‚ was an also-ran‚ with worldwide
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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;
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Microsoft and Nokia. This ‘transformation’‚ turning Microsoft into a ‘devices and services’ company‚ is key to the company’s continuing survival‚ and would be impossible without Nokia. Here are four reasons why the acquisition had to happen: Microsoft need to keep its momentum Recent industry figures have shown Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 posting its highest ever market share allowing the mobile OS to leapfrog BlackBerry and become the third-most popular globally. This means that Windows Phone
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