Marketing Mid-Term Sony AIBO: Case Analysis Prepared by: 1. a. What was Sony’s positioning strategy for AIBO? The AIBO is a robot. In its most simplistic form it is an amalgamation of steel‚ circuitry‚ and software. Sony‚ however‚ did not position the AIBO as a robot. Instead they positioned the AIBO as a pet with no utility or usefulness‚ but rather as a source of entertainment and companionship. Takeshi Yazawa‚ Vice President of Sony Entertainment Robot America‚ succinctly
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What is the value proposition? AIBO was not only a lovable toy but also an intelligent functional product that Sony programmed to respond with affection to creatures that ask for people’s nurturance. Sony made it have “brain” and motor skills by artificial intelligence software‚ made it have “emotion” and “personality” which made customers take it as real pet‚ or companion. People give care to it and get reaction as well. This kind of feedback loop is an area where people are really emotionally vulnerable
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Sony Play station The research and development for the play stations started in the 1990s. The play station was a combination and creation of Nintendo and Sony. The first play station was invented in 1994 and there were only 200 play stations made. To improve Play station 1 Sony was made PS2 in 2000. PS3 came out on the 17th of November 2006. The PS3 was a better version of all the Play stations and it has more features. The PSP (PlayStation Portable) was released on different times in different
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management analysts succeed in their job and a few of those are analytical skills‚ communication skills‚ and problem-solving skills. In the future management analysts jobs are expected to grow faster than the average for all occupations. As markets get more competitive‚ firms will need to use the resources more efficiently causing them to hire management analysts. Federal‚ state‚ and local government agencies look to improve their organization which opens up even more jobs. The management analysts
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OFSONY CORPORATION&L.G COMPANY STRENGHTS Of SONY CORPORATION Strong Brand Image Worldwide Reputation High Market Share High Quality Products High Technology Pioneer in the Industry as Being Creative and Innovative Supports R&D Activites Diversification in Manufacturing Locations Around the World Ability to Provide High Motivation to Its Employees Loyal Customers STRENGHTS Of L.G SWOT ANALYSIS Market leader in home appliances. Has got manufacturing
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SWOT Analysis for Sony Ericsson Strengths: Increased market shares Reduced losses: Sony Ericsson has been successful in reducing its company losses in the past year. The company cut its total losses by more than half in the second half of 2002. Sony Ericsson should look to continue to cut costs in order to narrow company losses even further. The success of the joint venture will be viewed by its ability to break even and generate profits. Brand name: Having a strong brand name means
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In this paper‚ we will examine the video game console industry and apply Porter’s Five Force model to SONY. Sony is a big media conglomerate with businesses in the gaming‚ music‚ movies/entertainment and electronics industries. It has a strong brand image‚ a wide product range and had over $75 billion in sales in 2010. For the purposes of doing this analysis‚ we will concentrate on Sony’s performance in the video game industry‚ understand its current position with respect to its competitors and recommend
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Sony Versus IPod Case Preparation and Discussion for MKTG505 2015 NIU MBA FastTrak Ronald Kollman and Wang Weixun October 27th‚ 2014 1. What are the advantages of proprietary products like Sony and Apple employ versus open source products like IBM or Dell advocate? The advantages of proprietary products is that they have a captive market with regard to accessories and deliverable content. For example‚ music for the iPod is mostly deliverable through the iTunes application
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Who is your target audience? What type of information does your group seek to gain through this research? What questions were you unable to answer through secondary research? In our primary research we wish to gain extensive insight into how college students function in their daily lives and what types of GrubHub marketing techniques would be most successful in reaching them. From our secondary research we have already learned that college students tend to be price sensitive‚ short on time
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S.A. Teaching Note Synopsis and Objectives Suggestions for complementary cases on measures of investment analysis: “The Investment Detective” (Case 17); corporate resource allocation: “Victoria Chemicals (A) and (B)” (Cases 22 and 23); “Target Corporation” (Case 19). In January 2001‚ the senior management committee of this company has to decide which major projects should be funded for implementation by the company starting in 2001. The board of directors has arbitrarily set a limit of
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