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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Learning Outcome 1: Understand key contemporary business issues affecting the HR function within private‚ public and third sector organisations. Assessment Criteria 1.1 Explain types of organisations and the roles of management in them. Indicative Content: Understand key contemporary business issues affecting the HR function within private‚ public and third sector organisations. Types of organisation; the role of management within them; ways in which HR is delivered; the main functional areas of management;
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that saw the stumble of Sony. Samsung on the other hand are a prime example of continuity. They set the benchmark it every single home appliance there is to offer i.e. phones‚ tablets‚ television‚ computers‚ dishwashers and laundry appliances. Considering Samsung chooses not to have ‘the one’ area of expertise to strictly focus on‚ all of Samsung products are considered world class. While companies like Sony use a somewhat narrow focus to their advantage‚ Samsung takes a different approach: Sell
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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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paper examines Samsung Electronics successful growth strategy in the mobile phone business. It examines its early efforts at developing a competitive product in the domestic market‚ its globalization strategies‚ and some of the key challenges it faces today. The paper provide insights into how a late-comer to an industry can overcome certain disadvantages and successfully position itself as a widely respected and successful brand. JEL classification: L 63‚ M10 Key words: Samsung‚ mobile phone
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Korean-based company Samsung was founded on March 1st‚ 1938 by Byung Chull Lee who instilled some of the first concepts into Samsung’s corporate culture. Byung pressed to continuously pursue innovation and accept new challenges. This is some of the founding spirit that still resonates in Samsung’s corporate culture today. The company started off with humble beginnings with consolidated interests in agricultural products and insurance. Sugar was one of the first products that Samsung exported in the
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HR Centre of Excellence HR Models – lessons from best practice Initial desk research October 2009 Nick Holley © Henley Business School 2009 www.henley.reading.ac.uk Contents Introduction The classic HR model Over the last decade a classic model‚ based on the work of Dave Ulrich et al‚ has emerged that has three elements (recently he has added to the model but these three remain the core). We don’t need to go into detail but we will simply highlight these three key elements: business
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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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Another key factor in understanding problems faced by Samsung in dealing with the new generation of “digital natives” is to understand not only broad national traits mentioned before‚ but specifically the work ethics prevalent in Korean businesses. The case mentions that South Korea has the longest working week hours among all OECD countries. But this information appears dry until you realize specific reasons why those hours are so long. Some of the examples are: Our recommendation in hiring an
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