global smartphone market‚ Samsung (005930) is a force to be reckoned with. The company extended its lead during the fourth quarter as it shipped an astounding 63.7 million smartphones‚ representing 29% of the global market according to research firm IDC. Samsung’s next closest competitor was Apple (AAPL) which sold 47.8 million iPhones for 21.8% of the market during the same time span. The story is much different when it comes to tablets‚ however. IDC estimates that Samsung shipped 7.9 million tablets
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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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STRAYER UNIVERSITY Arlington Campus Contemporary Business - BUS 508 Assignment # 5 Financial Management Outline: Tech stock companies Apple vs. Samsung March 14‚ 2013 By Natcha R. To Professor. Magies Sizer Select two (2) tech stock companies that attempted to make profits from rising consumer demand after the crash. Analyze how they attempted to make a profit after the crash and discuss any unethical practices. Evaluate the change in consumer demand trends after the crash
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The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0309-0566.htm EJM 44‚7/8 Consumer responses to brand extensions: a comprehensive model ´ ´ Eva Martınez and Jose M. Pina ´ Facultad de Ciencias Economicas y Empresariales‚ The University of Zaragoza‚ Zaragoza‚ Spain Abstract Purpose – This paper aims to understand the reciprocal spill-over effects of brand extensions by testing a comprehensive model that gathers both the brand extension evaluation
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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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Employee Retention-Talent Management Organizations need to be possessive about the employees-The stronger organization’s possessiveness –the longer are the employees are retained Abstract-Talent is the critical success factor to any organization. Talent pool management is the most challenging area to any organization. The challenge of finding‚ attracting‚ developing and retaining the right talent is taking up a major part of management and once the right talent is found the next demanding job
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What exactly was covered in the great Patent Trial of the Century between Apple and Samsung? I’ve had a surprisingly hard time figuring this out. However‚ after reading the verdict‚ the patents themselves‚ and a bunch of news summaries‚ it seems to me that there may be less than meets the eye here. As near as I can tell‚ the jury found Samsung guilty of violating the following Apple patents: Patent 381‚ which covers inertial scrolling (the faster you move your finger‚ the faster a list scrolls)
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copypasted The Samsung was founded by Byung-Chull Lee in 1938. First it started up with selling fish‚ vegetables and fruit to china. However‚ it was a success and became a co-operation in 1951. Moreover‚ Samsung began to expand they are business in financial‚ media‚ chemicals and ship building throughout the 1970’s. As a result‚ from 1958 onwards Samsung was recognised in making Televisions‚ Mobile phones‚ Radio’s‚ Computer components and other electronic devices‚ but in 1997 Samsung were dragged in
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Case Study Analysis Samsung Galaxy S4 Introduction Samsung‚ a giant conglomerate and member of the Fortune Global 500 list‚ started off with humble beginnings. Founded in 1936 as a small trading company in the small town of Taegu‚ Korea it began by selling‚ “dried Korean fish‚ vegetables‚ and fruit to Manchuria and Beijing.” (Samsung.com). It quickly became one of the leading companies in Korea and the world by diversifying in many different industries ranging from heavy machinery‚ petrochemicals
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