Exercise 1: Identifying Corporate Strategy (Individual work) A. What are some of the business units (products) of Samsung? Samsung is a huge conglomerate that is well-known and respected globally. Its iconic brand is considered leader in its respective field in the industry. As a huge multi-national conglomerate‚ it consists of many business units or products with worldwide following and in the assignment excerpt‚ it mentioned some like first and foremost their flagship galaxy s4 and its
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Business Planning and Change Management Samsung has taken over the electronic world and is currently the number one‚ consumer electronic brand and has revolutionised the smartphone. Since its inception in 1969‚ Samsung has successfully transitioned from an analogue driven product line to a cutting-edge and award winning digital innovator that Is currently the world’s manufacture of mobile phones. With worldwide overall product sales of $US 200 billion‚ over 75‚000 employees and a global network
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MKT 340 Marketing Research Project SAMSUNG & NOKIA TEAM FRESH Executive Summary This report was done to analyze and compare Samsung and Nokia with regard to their marketing strategies. This report draws attention to the fact that Nokia was once the market leader for cell phone industry however‚ the company have been constantly losing its market share year after year. Samsung on the other hand have been gaining market share and is considered to be the top player in this cell phone
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Product Samsung is one of the world’s largest information technology company‚ it publish many different type of product to the market‚ their products include Mobile phones; TV‚ Audio and Video; Camera and camcorders; Notebooks and Monitors. Samsung’s flagship mobile handset line is the Samsung Galaxy S‚ which many consider a direct competitor of the Apple iPhone. Samsung sold 235 million mobile handsets in the year 2009. At the end of the third quarter of 2010‚ the company had surpassed the 70
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1. How was Samsung able to go from copycat brand to product leader? Samsung was a copycat brand from the time it started to around the 90s. Some of the first items they made were calculators and black and white TVs. In 1993 Samsung unveiled a new strategy that they called “New Management”. They made the decision not to be a cheap copycat brand anymore. Samsung cut ties with low end retailers like Kmart and Wal-Mart. They started distributing at stores like Circuit City and Best Buy. They started
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Samsung Galaxy S4 mobile is a new product introduced in March 2013. I think this product will succeed in the long run in the marketplace. S4 has been already sold 10‚000‚000 units in 2 months‚ even break the record of any products in Samsung. We can tell how success of this product. S4 really help Samsung maximize their profits. Undeniably‚ S4 is very similar with S3‚ but the sales amount is keep increasing. From this‚ we can see Samsung has many royalty customers‚ they do repeat purchase. Many
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Samsung Electronics Questions 1. Why should Samsung globalize? Globalization should consider as Samsung’s second strategy‚ as Kim mentioned in the article. The world becomes a single market‚ which is associated with globalized resources and systems. Globalization should consider as a beneficial and efficient plan for the company. First of all‚ when Samsung goes global‚ Samsung can gain greater market share‚ increase sales and profits. In the case study‚ the article mentions that not only there’s
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of directors. Evaluate the current board of Samsung Electronics. What are the strengths and weaknesses in the current board composition? How many directors can be classified as non-executive? How many can be classified as independent? What are your criteria’s for assessing director independence? Do you think changes need to be made to the current board composition? If no - why not‚ if yes - what changes would you recommend? The board of Samsung Electronics has 23 directors of which 7 are executive
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Article Critique Kim‚YUN-HEE & Krim‚J (2014‚ April 20) Samsung Is Developing Own Platform‚ Apps : Wonpyo Hong‚ president of company’s Media Solution Center‚ discusses new music service‚ importance of software. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved from http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304311204579506531408901234?mg=reno64-wsj Samsung Electronics overtook Apple Inc. to become the world’s biggest smartphone maker by selling hardware using Google Inc. popular Android operating system
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Samsung vs. Apple - The smartphone wars John Myers COM/156 November 11‚ 2012 Lawrence W. Daly Samsung vs. Apple - The smartphone wars The Samsung Galaxy S has a better operating system than the Apple iPhone‚ which is why Apple is suing Samsung over infringement rights; greed took over. The smartphone craze was started in 2007‚ when the Apple Corporation strove to be the next innovative mind in the electronics world. These innovations were followed by greed and a desire to own the market.
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