Professor Dr. Sjoerd Beugelsdijk Case 6.2 Sony: Managing the International R&D Network [pic] December 2‚ 2009 Group #22 Jaime Ríos Balandrano s1797077 CHAPTER SIX – SONY 1. How did Sony internationalize its R&D activities? What were the initial motivations for Sony to establish technology centres abroad? How would Kuemmerle categorize the R&D centres at Sony? Sony’s internationalization was in a slow-cautious way. Sony first tried to learn about a market before
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Event Positioning Bachelor Paper I Submitted by: Juraj Melicher Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION 1 2. THE INDUSTRY OVERVIEW 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 HISTORY ORIGINS THE BIRTH OF THE INDUSTRY TRENDS WHAT IS THE EVENT? TYPES OF EVENTS 2.5.1 Size 2.5.2 Form or content 2 2 2 3 4 5 7 9 3. THE CONCEPT OF POSITIONING 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 STRATEGIC PLANNING THE AGE OF SAMENESS EVENT VS. PRODUCT POSITIONING‚ THE KEY TO BE FOCUSED AND DIFFERENTIATED THE MOST COMMON STRATEGIC APPROACHES TOWARD POSITIONING
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Introduction Generally‚ Totsuko was started by 2 talented Engineer‚ Masaru Ibuka and Marketing Innovator‚ Akio Morita in 1946 in Japan. The company name was later changed to SONY in 1958. From 1950 to 1999‚ SONY introduced many innovative products; many of the world’s first technology and even created a robotic dog named Aibo. SONY’s vision is to create something new‚ to create more dreams and to make things fun. SONY’s mission is to create things for every kind of imagination and involve
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Individual Case: Sony Targets Laptop Consumer in China China Marketing GSB5138 Spring 2014‚ MP4 Professor: Caleb H. Tse Name: Jorge Eduardo Cortés E-mail: jecortes@skku.edu Sony Targets Laptop Consumer in China 1. Compare the consumer interview results with the CLUES report data. Why is there so much redundancy between the two studies? How are the four key consumer goals identified in the consumer interviews related to the CLUES segments? The
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\ Sony Corporation Entertainment company Sony Corporation‚ commonly referred to as Sony‚ is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Kōnan Minato‚ Tokyo‚ Japan. Wikipedia Stock price: SNEJF (OTCMKTS)US$ 19.97+0.05 (+0.25%) 15 Oct 11:30 am EDT - Disclaimer Headquarters: Minato‚ Tokyo‚ TKY‚ Japan CEO: Kazuo Hirai Founded: May 7‚ 1946 Founders: Masaru Ibuka‚ Akio Morita Nominations: Golden Joystick Award for Publisher of the Year
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SWOT SONY Strengths * Sony has for a long time produced high end and usably durable goods. This makes them a good company to do business both on a corporate scale and a private scale as it goods have a long usable life. This separates them from cheap electronic Asian companies whose goods are designed to not last as long so the goods are bought more often. This long life of its products make it a very appealing to business as they can now buy the product and know that if it has the brand Sony
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Introduction ‘SONY CORPORATION’ or ‘SONY’‚ a leading Japanese electronic brand was founded by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita in the year 1946. Starting from scratch after the World War II the owners with the support their employers lead the company to immense success and they have retained this tend ever since. SONY’s first product was the transistor based radio which evolved to be the first ever radio commercially sold by any electronics company to the general people. After works as technology
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Strategic positioning Strategic positioning is the positioning of an organization (unit) in the future‚ while taking into account the volatile environment‚ plus the systematic recognition of that positioning. The strategic positioning of an organization includes the planning of the desired future position of the organization. On the basis of present and foreseeable progress‚ and the making of plans to realize that positioning. The strategic positioning method is devised from the business world
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Keller’s Brand Resonance Pyramid | SONY Brand 2015 | Resonance Behavioral loyalty: This includes regular‚ repeat purchases‚ Sony has a loyal customerbase Attitudinal attachment: Customers have loved SONY for decades and many segments have grown up with their groundbreaking products‚ and see some of the products as a special purchase‚ PS3‚ VAIO‚ XPERIA Judgements Quality: The Customer perception of the quality of the Sony products/services with the SONY brandname is high Credibility: Decreased
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Therefore‚ the current business strategy of Sony is not matching the non-traditional gamer’s needs. However‚ as we mention before in macro environment analysis‚ society is becoming more intelligent and technology savvy‚ the gamers are increasing their demand for more challenging and stimulating game story lines and features‚ so the high technology feature of PlayStation matches this factor‚ the gamers can be played over the internet. Therefore‚ Sony PlayStation still maintains competitiveness
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