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5 forces analysis of the video game console industry a. Rivalry among competing sellers There are lots of game console companies all over the world‚ but the main competitors who dominated the industry is only three: Nintendo、Sony、Microsoft. The switch cost of buyers is low because with the maturing of the industry‚ the main competitors are competing by innovating and offering service similar to competitors. And there are only three main competitors in the industry; the limit of choice reduces
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1. Reading for this Lecture Porter M. (1990)‚ The Competitive Advantage of Nations‚ Chapters 3&4 2. Why Location Matters The ways that firms create and sustain competitive advantage in global industries provides the necessary foundation for understanding the role of the home nation in the process. There are five premises we must understand relating to national advantage: 1) The nature of competition and the sources of competitive advantage differ widely among industries and industry segments
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strategy to beat Samsung so samsung should bring some innovations to maintain no.1 position TOKYO: Sony Corp.‚ struggling to return its television business to profit‚ may pass Samsung Electronics Co. this year as the top seller of flat-screen TVs in India‚ the fastest-growing major market‚ researcher DisplaySearch said. In a shift from an earlier strategy that focused on India’s wealthiest shoppers‚ Sony has gained market share by offering cheaper models and expanding its distribution network‚ Hisakazu
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Study: Sony: managing the international R&D network 1. How did Sony internationalize its R&D activities? Sony started to internationalize its activities in the 1950’s. For this‚ it used an incremental and cautious way. They followed the Morita’s strategy which is: first to learn about the market‚ to learn how to sell to it and to build up its corporate confidence before to commit itself. He also says that when you have confidence‚ you should commit yourself wholeheartedly. So Sony started
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A Porter’s Five Forces Analysis explores five principal industry factors to determine the attractive of a given industry in a given market. In this P5F exercise‚ we look at the automobile industry in India. This is independent of any manufacturer. As such‚ it applies to every Indian car manufacturer. In any P5F analysis‚ one must examine the following: 1. The threat of new entrants 2. The bargaining power of buyers/customers 3. The threat of substitute products 4. The amount of bargaining
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Corporation Sony - Company information Sony Company was founded in 1946 in Tokyo physicist Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka engineer. The company consisted of 20 employees‚ they were engaged in the repair of electrical equipment and tried to create their own products. At that moment‚ any development and production have been hampered. Because of the post-war limits on the consumption of electricity has consistently exceeded this limit and "Tokyo Research Laboratory" kicked out of their official location
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prefer to use my reference to Sony Corporation. I will refer to this company how it has diversify its market products‚ the price range‚ places for distribution and the promotional strategies they have used to promote their products. SONY Corporation In Brief Sony Corporation is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Tokyo‚ Japan‚ and one of the world’s largest media conglomerate with revenue of US$88.7 billion (as of 2008) based in Minato‚ Tokyo. Sony is one of the leading manufacturers
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Strengths and Weaknesses of Sony Sony Corporation commonly referred as Sony‚ is a Japanese multi-national company. It’s Headquarters is in Tokyo‚ Japan. The company’s main focus is on electronics‚ games‚ entertainment and financial service sectors. Sony’s history goes as far back as 1946‚ as an electronic shop in a departmental store in Tokyo. It was started by Masaru Ibuka and had a total of eight employees. The next year he was joined by his colleague‚ Akio Morita. They founded a company called
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Porter’s Five Forces Model versus A Blue Ocean Strategy Porter’s Five Forces Model‚ provided by Michael Porter‚ is an external environmental analysis tool for a specific market. This model emphasizes that in any existing industry‚ there are five competition forces: threat of new entrants‚ power of suppliers‚ power of customers‚ threat of substitute products‚ and intensity of competitive rivalry. In addition‚ these five forces can influence and determine the profitability of the enterprise. Using
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