Topic: Competitive Advantage‚ Competitive Strategy Case: #10 Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics (Korean) faces the prospect of large-scale Chinese entry into its DRAM chip business. Before deciding how to respond it should establish the sources of its competitive advantage. Does the company have a distinct dual advantage of being both low-cost and differentiated? This case provides detailed cost and pricing estimates across all significant DRAM product generations and product architectures
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Introduction……………………………………………………………………1 2.0 Political Environment………………………………………………………..2 2.1 government stability………………………………………………………… ...2 2.2Government and contribution……………………………………………… …2 2.3 Analysis ………………………………………….……………………………2 3.0Legal Environment………………………………………………………….. 2 3.1Regulatory framework………………………………………………………… 2 3.2Business laws ………………………………………………….. ……………..3 3.3Labour laws ………………………………………….. ………………………..3 3.4 Analysis ………………………………………….. …………………………...3 4.0 Economic Environment……………………………………….. … ………
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1. How was Samsung able to go from copycat brand to product leader? Samsung was a copycat brand from the time it started to around the 90s. Some of the first items they made were calculators and black and white TVs. In 1993 Samsung unveiled a new strategy that they called “New Management”. They made the decision not to be a cheap copycat brand anymore. Samsung cut ties with low end retailers like Kmart and Wal-Mart. They started distributing at stores like Circuit City and Best Buy. They started
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Report Prepared by: Report Prepared by: General Dynamics – Through the Lens of a Strategy Consultant General Dynamics – Through the Lens of a Strategy Consultant EXECUTIVE SUMMARY General Dynamics (GD) has realized a long-standing history of success delivering product and service solutions since being formed in 1952. They have purposely divested themselves of technology‚ product and service offerings in an effort to remain focused on their core competencies and primary customer;
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Samsung Galaxy S4 mobile is a new product introduced in March 2013. I think this product will succeed in the long run in the marketplace. S4 has been already sold 10‚000‚000 units in 2 months‚ even break the record of any products in Samsung. We can tell how success of this product. S4 really help Samsung maximize their profits. Undeniably‚ S4 is very similar with S3‚ but the sales amount is keep increasing. From this‚ we can see Samsung has many royalty customers‚ they do repeat purchase. Many
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overtaken by a new range of platform known as android. Samsung introduces a new range of android phones by Samsung S4‚ which make your life richer‚ simpler‚ and more fun. As a real life companion‚ the new Samsung GALAXY S4 helps bring us closer and captures those fun moments when we are together. Each feature was designed to simplify our daily lives. Furthermore‚ it cares enough to monitor our health and well-being. To put it simply‚ the Samsung GALAXY S4 is there for you. * China and India are
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marketing environment for Jet Engine Industry‚ that is to say the main 3 levels of the marketing environment: the micro-environment through the Degree of Rivalry‚ Treat of new entry‚ Treat of substitutes‚ Bargaining of customers power‚ and Bargaining of supplier power‚ while‚ the macro-environment through Political‚ Economic‚ Social‚ and Technology forces. Finally‚ Opportunity and Threat that use to measure the risk for company to enter jet engines market. The analysis for the micro-environment is based
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SAMSUNG CHINA September 12‚ 2002 BUS 610 (Man. Econ.) J. Suyderhoud‚ Instr. Castaways Alex H. Brandon M. Chandra H. Rajesh B. Stuart W. Rural Urban Low-Med end Barriers to Entry: Barriers to Entry: Economies of Scale High Economies of Scale High Product Differentiation Low Product Differentiation Med Capital Requirements High Capital Requirements High Access to distribution Channels High Access to distribution Channels High Cost disadvantages Independent of Scale
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CASE REPORT: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS PROBLEMS Samsung competitive advantage is under attacks. Their biggest market share product in micro chip was threaten by Chinese manufacturer. New low-cost competitors: Chinese manufacturer Samsung didn’t know yet how to respond to Chinese invasion: Low-cost‚ differentiation or both? Collaborative ANALYSES EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT 6F Threat of new entrants (High) High economic of scale High product differentiation High capital
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of directors. Evaluate the current board of Samsung Electronics. What are the strengths and weaknesses in the current board composition? How many directors can be classified as non-executive? How many can be classified as independent? What are your criteria’s for assessing director independence? Do you think changes need to be made to the current board composition? If no - why not‚ if yes - what changes would you recommend? The board of Samsung Electronics has 23 directors of which 7 are executive
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