the five forces; threat of new entrants‚ bargaining power of buyers‚ threat of substitute products or services‚ bargaining power of suppliers and rivalry among existing competitors (Porter‚ 2008). “Industry structure‚ manifested in the competitive forces‚ sets industry profitability in the medium and long run.” (Porter‚ 2008). 1) How well does the experience curve (Kiechel) and Porter’s Five Forces satisfy the ‘strategist’ perspective? The experience curve represents a tool for strategists
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Samsung brand strengths Master branding strategy Samsung has managed to avoid excessive and unrelated diversification and channeled their resources around one or two dominant businesses. Samsung was previously engaged in manufacturing lower-end consumer electronics under a handful of brand names including Wiseview‚ Tantus‚ and Yepp‚ none of which meant much to consumers. To counter this negative trait‚ Samsung’s management decided to move up the value chain in an attempt to build a stronger identity;
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Samsung has spent a lot of expenditure to advertising expenses. For example‚ according to Samsung Company (2011) annual report‚ they spent around 56‚000‚000 in million U.S. dollars‚ 2010 and 2011. They strong promote their brand name and product from many kind of advertising effect such as television‚ outdoor‚ internet‚ magazine‚ and newspaper. Television Television media advertising is one of the powerful media strategies in business marketing. It has high frequency potential‚ high intrusion
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KIM Question (A): Describe an ethical failure by an organisation on an important business decision and its adverse downstream consequences. ETHICAL FAILURE BY SAMSUNG Samsung Electronic one of the largest multi-billion dollar corporations in the world recently found itself on the wrong side of ethical behaviour. In 2010 Samsung Electronic exceeded the $150bn mark in the annual sales for the first time in its history. This makes it one of the world’s top three companies in the electronic industry
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technology. I owned almost every product of Apple and I’m really enjoyed using Samsung laptop and printer. The battle between Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc. really attracts public’s attention recently. On April 15th‚ Apple pulled the trigger by claiming that Samsung’s Galaxy line of mobile phones and tablet "slavishly" copies the iPhone and iPad‚ according to court papers. Then on 22nd of the same month‚ Samsung filed patent lawsuits against Apple in South Korea‚ Japan and Germany‚ involved
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Case 8 – Samsung: From Gallop to Run 1. Samsung in 1993 was commonly noted for copying the higher technological powers like Sony and selling a cheaper‚ and not as good quality devices to customers. Instead of leading the way they were simply walking in the already paved path of tech world. When Lee Kun-hee became CEO of Samsung Industries he had it in his mind to become a leader. With a large investment in research and development he made that dream possible by hiring on plenty of fresh‚ young
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J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone How has J.K. Rowling taken the elements of the traditional school story and adapted them so as to create a work of popular modern appeal? The typical school story is “Tom Brown’s Schooldays” by Thomas Hughes‚ which was published in 1857. The novel is set in a real life boarding school‚ Rugby‚ and the headmaster is a real historical figure‚ Dr. Thomas Arnold‚ who is famous for introducing the concept of “muscular Christianity”. The hero
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The European Airline industry has gone through a lot in the past century since the establishment of the first public airline after the World War I. Until a few decades ago most of these airlines were national and at least partially state owned‚ and most of the European countries had at least one‚ with direct government control. Significant change in this only came in the 1990’s with the appearance of the low cost airlines. While the business model existed for some time (first such in 1973 US)‚ the
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National Competitive Advantage of China in Electric Mobility: The Case of BYD Corresponding Author: Kasperk‚ Garnet Center of International Automobile Management‚ RWTH Aachen University Templergraben 64‚ 52062 Aachen‚ Germany‚ gk@im.rwth-aachen.de Phone +49 241 80 93348‚ Fax +49 241 80 93248 Wilhelm‚ Jan Chair of Organization‚ RWTH Aachen University‚ Templergraben 64‚ 52062 Aachen‚ Germany‚ jw@im.rwth-aachen.de Wagner‚ Wolfgang Volkswagen Corporate University‚ China Cuipingbeilixiqu‚ 16Haolou-1Danyuan
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The Merger of HP-Compaq Case Question 1: Was the merger sound strategically? HP was already a famous global company in 1990s. Although innovation was still critical to long-term success‚ HP’s industry was maturing and with that came the additional pressure of slimming margins‚ the importance of distribution efficiencies‚ and a more critical need for developing long-term relationships with customer. Although HP was the market leader in imaging and printing‚ its computing and IT-services businesses
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