Samsung means “three stars” in Korean. Lee Byung-Chull founded Samsung in 1938. It started as a small trading company with forty employees‚ located in Seoul. The company did fairly well until the Communist invasion in 1950 which caused great damage to his inventories. He was force to leave and start over in Suwon in 1951. In just a year‚ the company’s assets had grown twenty-fold. In 1953‚ Lee created a sugar refinery—the South Korea’s first manufacturing facility after the Korean War. “The company
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Samsung is one of the top leaders in the world when it comes to current technology and creating future electronics. To become a world leader a strong management team has been put in place and a very aggressive marketing strategy has been used. Samsung has made enormous strides in taking market share in the smartphone market from Apple inc. With legal battles and consistently changing markets will Samsung be able to maintain this growth? Management The head management structure within Samsung
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Byung-Chull Lee set up a trade export company in Korea‚ selling fish‚ vegetables‚ and fruit to China. 1930-1990 In 1938‚[16] Lee Byung-chull (1910–1987) of a large landowning family in the Uiryeong county came to the nearby Daegu city and founded Samsung Sanghoe (삼성상회)‚ a small trading company with forty employees located in Su-dong (now Ingyo-dong) In 1938 the Samsung’s founder Byung-Chull Lee set up a trade export company in Korea‚ selling fish‚ vegetables‚ and fruit to China. . It dealt in groceries
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2007 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Environmental & Social Report Contents Message from the CEO 08 At a Glance 10 Company Profile Financial Performance Our Sustainability Our Environment 11 14 16 20 Philosophy & Policy Focus Areas Management System Activity & Performance 21 22 23 27 Our Business Partners 44 Philosophy & Policy Focus Areas Management System Activity & Performance 45 46 47 49 Our Community Philosophy & Policy
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Samsung Group Timeline and History Samsung’s beginnings (1938 ~ 1969) On March 1‚ 1938‚ founding chairman Byung-Chull Lee started a business in Taegu‚ Korea with 30‚000 won. At first‚ Mr. Lee’s little business was primarily in trade export‚ selling dried Korean fish‚ vegetables‚ and fruit to Manchuria and Beijing. But in just over a decade‚ SAMSUNG - meaning literally "three stars" in Korean - would have its own flour mills and confectionery machines‚ its own manufacturing and sales operations
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Introduction Samsung has been in the business for over 70 years‚ it is a company which is considered to diversify its business ranging from mobile phones to washing machines‚ TV’s to microwave‚ all kinds of home appliances to the most modern worldly technology needs of human kind. Samsung is a $160 billion company. Through research‚ reliability and a talented workforce‚ Samsung is able to provide technological solutions for our everyday lives. Samsung is known for its TVs however they have penetrated
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Type | Chaebol | Industry | Conglomerate | Founded | 1938 | Founder(s) | Lee Byung-chul | Headquarters | Samsung Town‚ Seoul‚ South Korea | Area served | Worldwide | Key people | Lee Kun-hee (Chairman of Samsung Electronics) | Products | Apparel‚ chemicals‚ consumer electronics‚ electronic components‚ medical equipment‚ precision instruments‚ semiconductors‚ships‚ telecommunications equipment | Services | Advertising‚ construction‚ entertainment‚ financial services‚ hospitality‚
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IN 2012‚ SAMSUNG‚ with $248 billion in revenues‚ was one of the largest conglomerates globally and the largest chaebol1 in South Korea. A rough comparison would be the U.S. conglomerate General Electric‚ which had $147 billion in revenues in the same year. Established in 1938 by Lee Byung-chul as a trading company selling noodles and dried seafood‚ Samsung has since diversified into various industries‚ such as electronics‚ chemicals‚ shipbuilding‚ financial services‚ and construction. In particular
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we talk about businesses that have humble beginning‚ then the history of Samsung can serve as the perfect example. It all started on March 1‚ 1938 when Byung-Chull Lee‚ the founding chairman of Samsung initiated a business in Korea with a capital of only 30‚000 won. The primary products of what was then Samsung were dried Korean fish‚ fruits‚ and vegetables traded from Beijing and Manchuria. For the etymology of Samsung‚ it has the root words "three stars." The business or Mr. Lee expanded and
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Assignment 1: Samsung electronics Q1 Samsung electronics is a world renowned company for its innovative electronics products. Samsung was found first by Mr. Lee Byung-chull in 1938 was first a trading company‚ slowly the company diversified into different area examples like retails‚ securities‚ textiles‚ insurance and food processing. Samsung only managed to enter the electronic market in the late 1960’s followed by the death of Mr. Lee‚ Samsung split into 4 different major companies Samsung‚ CJ‚ Hansol
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