CHAPTER-1: INTRODUCTION & RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Introduction:- commodity market Commodities futures trading have evolved from the need for ensuring continuous supply of seasonal agricultural crops in Japan‚ merchants stored rice in warehouses for future use. In order to raise cash‚ warehouse holders sold receipts against the stored rice. These were known as “rice tickets” Eventually such rice tickets became accepted as a kind of general commercial currency. Rules came into being‚ to
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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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►Samsung • Assessing the opportunity and the Situation - Understanding the situation ►What was Samsung’s financial situation like? Samsung was experiencing a steep financial setback ►Who was responsible for Samsung’s situation? China was able to put cheaper products on the market ►Describe Samsung’s ‘cost-driven competitive strategy’ until the mid-1990: Samsung produced technical components for firms with better-known brands Samsung sold me-too consumer products ►What did Samsung need to
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discuss the core marketing concepts that Samsung has adopted to shift its competitive edge. ✓ Need‚ Wants‚ and Demands Samsung always try to develop products that fit their customers’ lifestyle by studying their tastes. Samsung focus finding out what’s likely to sell before consumers even know they want it. ✓ Target Market‚ Positioning‚ and Segmentation Samsung focus on design‚ as they want to be the Marcedes of home electronics. Samsung concentrate less on cost saving and more
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2012 IDC. Reproduction is forbidden unless authorized. All rights reserved. Agenda Market trends 2020 Vision Introduce panel members and theme © 2012 IDC Source:/Notes: 2 Market Drivers of Big Data Billions of devices‚ millions of apps‚ drives data explosion Heterogeneous systems and architectures Real time computing and decision making-analytics Cloud bridges consumer and enterprise markets Convergence of compute‚ storage‚ and networking solutions Workloads are changes-more
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Marketing Excellence >>Samsung Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung has made a remarkable transformation‚ from a provider of valuepriced commodity products that original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) sold under their own brands‚ to a global marketer of premium-priced Samsung-branded consumer electronics such as flat-screen TVs‚ digital cameras‚ digital appliances‚ semiconductors‚ and cell phones. Samsung’s high-end cell phones have been a growth engine for the company‚ which has also released
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Information 2 Vodafone 2 Samsung 2 Capital Structure Analysis 2 Vodafone & Samsung Results 3 Liquidity analysis 3 Financial Leverage Ratios 3 Possible changes in Capital Structure – Vodafone 4 Possible changes in Capital Structure – Samsung 4 Capital Structure Finance Theories 4 Modigliani and Miller Irrelevancy Theory 4 Pecking Order Theory 4 Trade-off Theory 4 Clientele Effect 5 Traditional View & Shareholders Wealth 5 Vodafone 5 Samsung 5 Bankruptcy Prediction
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Application of Microeconomics concepts 1. Apple: ‘We can’t keep up with demand’ Global passion for Apple unabated as consumer demand outstrips supply across iPhone‚iPad and iMac ranges‚ Apple says. As Apple announced record profits‚ chief executive Tim Cook confirmed that even supplies of older‚ cheaper models of the iPhone were not enough to satisfy demand‚ and that sales of iMacs fell primarily because the company could not make the new design fast enough. He added that iPad Mini demand‚ too
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The Samsung Group: The Samsung Group is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town‚ Seoul‚ South Korea. The Samsung Group comprises numerous international affiliated businesses‚ most of them united under the Samsung brand including Samsung Electronics‚ the world’s largest technology company by sales; Samsung Heavy Industries‚ the world’s second largest shipbuilder; Samsung Engineering was ranked 35th‚ Samsung C&T 72nd in a 2009 ranking of 225 global construction firms
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founded Samsung in March 1‚ 1938. Byung-Chull Lee started the company in Taegu‚ Korea with only 30‚000 won‚ and it was originally focused on trade export‚ selling dried fish‚ vegetables‚ and fruit to the cities of Manchuria and Beijing. A few years later after Samsung was founded‚ the company acquired its own flour mills and confectionary machines‚ later on they got their own manufacturing and sales operations‚ and eventually evolved to become the modern corporation that is known today. Samsung has
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