The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong Community College CCN1005 English for Academic Studies (Business) I Project Title: Why can Samsung and Apple dominate the smartphone market in Hong Kong? Group: A15 Date of Submission: 14 Dec 2012 Student Number | Student Name | Signature | 12670196A | CHAN Lai Ying‚ Catherine | | 12665305A | TONG Yin Ting‚ Charmaine | | 12668914A | YEUNG Sing Keung‚ Shawn | | Oligopoly is a ubiquitous phenomenon in most‚ if not all‚ free market
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Samsung is low cost and differentiated. According to exhibit 7a-7i‚ it can be seen that Samsung has a lower operating cost of $8.50 as compared to industry average of $11.03 as well as higher profit margin 6.6 times that of its competitors. This reflects Samsung ability to deliver desired value to customers using lean and effective design and production. Samsung is able to maintain the low cost largely because of lower labor‚ R&D and raw material cost. Samsung has a relatively lower labor cost
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based on Competitors 5 1.3.4 Samsung uses the brand positioning to overtake the Apple to become the market leaders. 5 1.3.5 Samsung using the emotional branding to overtake Apple 6 Research method & procedure 7 2.0 Theory 7 2.1 Sampling 7 2.2 Survey Questions 8 Data Analysis & Finding 9 Recommendation 19 Conclusion 21 Limitation 21 Bibliography 22 Executive summary This research is main focusing on what is the current image of the Samsung Galaxy SIII and Apple iPhone
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phone‚ the refresh has been less than inspired. ..."[Nokia’s] high-end phones are small‚ but they’re boxy. Samsung’s high-end [models] are thin and slick." ...Samsung went for the wow effect‚ creating got to-have-it phones. Now‚ Nokia is playing catch-up. "It all comes down to innovation and product development‚" says Hoffman. "Right now‚ Samsung is head and shoulders above Nokia in creating products that consumer’s desire. Nokia has maintained their market share‚ but they’re using price and marketing
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Growing Organization: the case of Samsung Electronics Hur‚ Chulboo‚ Professor Emeritus‚ Myongji University‚ Seoul‚ Korea and Adjunct Professor of Business Management‚ Yanbian University of Science and Technology‚ Yianji‚ Jilin‚ China Mobile phone 010-9872-7492‚ e-mail: chulhur@hotmail.com and cbhur@mju.ac.kr Summary In response to the globalization and rapid economic growth of China‚ the Korean economy has transformed itself. A few Korean firms‚ spearheaded by Samsung Electronics‚ have successfully
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phones with data services‚ didn’t work well for Apple in India. Despite the uptick in sales‚ Apple’s got a long way to go to catch up with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.‚ the market leader in India. In the October-December period‚ Apple’s share of the 5.2 million smart phones shipped to India was only 5%‚ data from Canalys showed. During this period‚ Samsung‚ the market leader‚ commanded 40% of the smart phone market in India‚ Canalys says. The relatively high cost of the iPhone compared to Samsung’s
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Samsung operates on both low-cost and differentiation strategies. From the cost data given in the case‚ its low cost is mainly due to lower raw materials‚ R&D and labor cost. Lower raw material cost is achieved through producing multiple product architectures on each production line‚ with skilled engineers stationed to handle all kinds of contingencies. More importantly‚ Samsung is able to learn new design rules and apply it to their production. According to the case‚ Samsung currently uses the smallest
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Smartphone’s Customer Segmentation and Targeting: Defining market segment for different type of mobile service providers Date: Author: Student Nr: Course: February 2012 Fadly Hamka 4073304 MOT2910 – Msc Thesis Project Graduation Committee Chairman: Prof. Yao-Hua Tan (Delft University of Technology) Prof. Dr. W.A.G.A (Harry) Bouwman (Delft University of Technology) st 1 supervisor: Dr. Ir. G.A. (Mark) de Reuver (Delft University of Technology) 2nd supervisor: Dr. Ir. M. Kroesen (Delft University
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The Chief Executive of Samsung Electronics recently told its employees that‚ “We must begin anew. Most of Samsung’s flagship businesses and products will become obsolete within ten years.” This corporate strategy of reinvention would inevitably involve significant change for employees. Do you think that resistance from employees is likely to be the biggest problem for a business that wants to reinvent itself? Justify your answer with reference to Samsung Electronics and or/other organisations that
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