Case Study of Samsung’s Mobile Phone Business Boon-Young Lee∗ aliceboon@kdischool.ac.kr and Seung-Joo Lee∗∗ sjl@kdischool.ac.kr Abstract: This 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
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Samsung: Just the Beginning... SEPTEMBER 2012 Winning the scale wars on all fronts — handsets‚ TVs‚ semis‚ display — and taking no prisoners Samsung Electronics remains the "Jewel of the Samsung Empire" and its long-term success is well aligned with the owner-founder Lee family — Corporate governance concerns are therefore overdone; we see three engines driving 161% EPS growth in ’11- ’14: Handsets‚ Semis & Display The smartphone market is bifurcating into premium and low end‚ with Samsung
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A mobile operating system‚ also referred to as mobile OS‚ is the operating system that operates a smartphone‚ tablet‚ PDA‚ or other digital mobile devices. Modern mobile operating systems combine the features of a personal computer operating system with touchscreen‚ cellular‚ Bluetooth‚ WiFi‚ GPS mobile navigation‚ camera‚ video camera‚speech recognition‚ voice recorder‚ music player‚ Near field communication‚ personal digital assistant (PDA)‚ and other features. History Main article: Smartphone
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Solutions 1. HISTORY Samsung Electronics is a South Korean multinational electronics and information technology company. It is the chief subsidiary of the Samsung Group that was established in 1969‚ and its headquarters is located in Samsung Town‚ Seoul. Samsung Electronics is one of the largest electronics producers in Asia‚ and its product line includes semiconductors‚ televisions‚ telecommunication equipment‚ computers and many other kinds of home appliances. The Samsung Electronics unit was created
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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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►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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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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. Appendix 3 – 3 Level of Product for Samsung …….. Appendix 4 – Price Compared to Competitors …….. Appendix 5 – Samsung Range of Smartphone …….. Appendix 6 – Samsung Distribution Channel …….. Appendix 7 – Samsung Product Life Cycle …….. Appendix 8 – Promotion with Telco …………...... Appendix 9 – Promotion with Mega Stores …….. 1 13 A1-1 – A1-2 A2-1 – A2-3 A3 A4 A5-1 – A5-2 A6 A7 A8 A9 1. INTRODUCTION Samsung was founded by Byung-Chull Lee on March 1
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Potential entrants (threat) Samsung as mobile company is not even frightened of new entrants‚ because the capital needed to invest in this kind of industry is extremely high‚ which means that no too many investors try to gain a market share in mobile environment. BIBLIOGRAPHY \l 2058 This kind of threat is very low‚ with a high invest in R&D for the creation and innovation of unique products that exceed the consumer’s expectations and brand loyalty of their mobile phones. The customers generally
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Analysis of Samsung History of Samsung Samsung was founded in 1938 by Lee Byung-chull. The company began as a trading based company and was not until after the Korean War did the company began to become more industrialized. In the 1960’s‚ Samsung entered the electronics industry in which the company is renowned for today. Samsung grew into an international corporation throughout the 1990’s and began to focus on mainly three divisions; electronics‚ engineering‚ and chemicals. Today Samsung is one of
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