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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Case Analysis for Samsung Electronics 1. What is SMIC’s strategy? Should Samsung be concerned about SMIC? SMIC seems to execute the same kind of strategy Samsung used before to succeed. The strategy is selling their products at low prices and growing their market share at the expense of profitability. SMIC may threaten Samsung’s business in the future‚ but not too much. Although SMIC can get many resources‚ such as cheap funds and lands from Chinese government and foreign investors‚ SMIC
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This is a case study report on Samsung China ‘The introduction of color TV’. The main focus of this report analyzes the information provided by Samsung’s official website and the printed text provided by the unit coordinator; Professor David Zhang. This report will first identify the primary and secondary problems‚ followed by a PEST analysis which will consist of the 4 aspects of political‚ environmental‚ social and technological issues. Based on the findings from the PEST analysis‚ this report
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Memo To: Kun Hee Lee‚ Chairman and CEO of Samsung Electronics From: Josh Graham‚ Senior Consultant‚ Whirlwind Consulting Co. Date: 28-Apr-08 Re: Emerging Chinese DRAM industry Executive Summary Whirlwind Consulting Company has reviewed the current position of Samsung in the semiconductor and memory chip industry‚ and has completed an extensive internal and external analysis to determine Samsung’s options in response to the threat of significant future expansion within the Chinese semiconductor industry
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| Managing Professional Development | | TASK 02 | | | 10/14/2011 | Student Name: Yamin Abdul Wahhab Student ID: BM/C/38/38 Assessor: Mr. Marcilline Croose/Ms. Rangitha Balasuriya Student Name: Yamin Abdul Wahhab Student ID: BM/C/38/38 Assessor: Mr. Marcilline Croose/Ms. Rangitha Balasuriya Task 02 Monitoring and evaluating the PDP via a personal Skills Development log My individual and short term objectives * To complete my degree in business management
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Name: Su Han Program: M2 Luxury Management Food&Wine Title of the case: Samsung and theme park industry in Korea 1) “Is the Global theme parks industry an interesting industry to be in?” a) Rivalry among existing competitors Is the industry growing rapidly? Yes‚because of the increasingly fierce competition and the maturity of the market. Concentration Do the 4 biggest players have together more than 80% of market share? Yes‚ because 4 biggest players which are The Walt Disney Company
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In past two years‚ Samsung and Apple‚ the two leading companies have been in tough competition with each other for better technology. The competition has existed for providing more advanced phone sets‚ laptops and other technological products. More recently the competition of technology has shifted to tablets‚ which is currently more in demand by the end users. Both companies are always pushing their best to provide customers with more advanced systems and capture the maximum customer base. Although
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who is closing. Threats: - The androids are developing their own applications (andoid market) - Arrival of computers with batteries that have autonomy from 9am (DELL) - Tablet PC are becoming more accessible (price) with competition SWOT Samsung : Strenghts: - Highly technical and developed products - Create their operating system for mobile phone (Bada system) - Quick adaptation to competitors’ innovations - Several sector are covered (tv‚ laptop‚ computer ...) if loss of money
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Discussion Questions for Samsung Electronics: 1. What are the characteristics of the DRAM industry? What is the profit potential of the industry? What are the KSF? 2. What recommendation would you make Chairman Lee regarding Samsung’s response to the threat of large scale Chinese entry? Should Samsung invest in China? 3. What were the sources of Samsung’s cost advantage in DRAMs in 2003? Make sure that you can derive the $1.39 cost advantage in Table 7a based on the tables 7b to 7k. What are the
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Comparison between Apple and Samsung Mention to smartphones‚ the first two brands flashing into my mind are Apple and Samsung. The top five smartphone vendor market share in 2011 is 17% for Samsung and 18.8% for Apple. In 2012‚ they become 30.4% and 16.9%. These two leading IT companies do compete in some other products‚ such as desktops and laptops. However‚ the fiercest competitive product is smartphone because both of them own their own advantages. We can figure out their emphasis and strategy
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