Samsung means “three stars” in Korean. Lee Byung-Chull founded Samsung in 1938. It started as a small trading company with forty employees‚ located in Seoul. The company did fairly well until the Communist invasion in 1950 which caused great damage to his inventories. He was force to leave and start over in Suwon in 1951. In just a year‚ the company’s assets had grown twenty-fold. In 1953‚ Lee created a sugar refinery—the South Korea’s first manufacturing facility after the Korean War. “The company
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3.0 Internal Environment of Samsung 3.1 Resources 3.1.1 Tangible resources In 2009‚ Samsung Electronics has reached $ 110.2 billion market capitalization‚ for the first time beyond Intel‚ the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturer revenue‚ Samsung in 2009 to $ 117.8 billion in annual sales‚ revenue has surpassed HP as the world’s largest electronics company‚ is the world’s first two big chip plant‚ second in size only Intel 2008 is to have up to 21 products in the world market share in the
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Samsung marketing plan Samsung recently launched the latest iteration of its flagship mobile in India‚ Samsung Galaxy S-4. For the first time Samsung included India in its global launch (for a major product) even before the United States. I remember a time when companies used to launch their flagship product (in India) almost a year after their global launch. Samsung has also stated that it will soon start manufacturing this phone in India. This goes on to show how important Indian market has become
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sources of competitive advantage that increase the WTP for Samsung customers. The first one is the Product Mix. Samsung offer to its customers a huge variety of products‚ ranging from the cutting-edge technology to more basic products. It also offers customized products to focus on niche markets. With this strategy‚ Samsung is able to compete in a broad range of segments in the market‚ usually offering superior products. In 2003 for example‚ Samsung offered over 1‚200 different variations of DRAM products
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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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Samsung Electronics Questions 1. Why should Samsung globalize? Globalization should consider as Samsung’s second strategy‚ as Kim mentioned in the article. The world becomes a single market‚ which is associated with globalized resources and systems. Globalization should consider as a beneficial and efficient plan for the company. First of all‚ when Samsung goes global‚ Samsung can gain greater market share‚ increase sales and profits. In the case study‚ the article mentions that not only there’s
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Samsung for the past 3 years has been sharing their sustainable accomplishments through a sustainability report. This report demonstrates the impact Samsung had on people‚ society‚ and the environment. The structure for their sustainable report closely resembles that of an annual report. It is divided into three parts: Sustainability overview‚ Material issues‚ and Facts and figures. They monitor their accomplishments by setting benchmarks for each year. An example of these benchmarks: in 2011 they
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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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Samsung Galaxy S2 Samsung galaxy S2 is the latest Android smartphone that was announced by Samsung on 13 February 2011 at the Mobile World Congress and is currently the world’s thinnest smartphone. The Galaxy S II is the development of the previous Samsung Galaxy S. It features are: * 1.2 GHz dual-core SoC processor‚ in either Samsung’s own. * It has 1 GB of RAM‚ a 10.9-centimetre (4.3 in) WVGA Super AMOLED plus display * 8 megapixel camera with flash that can record videos in full
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August 27‚ 2012 Samsung Electronics (005930 KS) Company Update US jury sides with Apple WHAT’S THE STORY? Event: A US jury on Aug 24 handed Apple a sweeping victory over Samsung Electronics (SEC)—in stark contrast to an earlier split ruling by a Korean court. Impact: The verdict implies that the handset industry will now compete more fiercely in design‚ as well as in technology‚ eroding the profitability of handset makers and parts suppliers. On the positive side‚ the battles should
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