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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The Marketing Team Samsung has its marketing team which named Global Marketing Team. The team alone is breaking down into three layers: Marketing Strategy team‚ Regional Strategy team and Product Strategy team. Marketing Strategy team’s main task is to develop global marketing strategy; that is‚ to develop marketing strategy in international-wide. The core message that the company wanted to convey should be shown inside every promotional activities international-wise. Regional Strategy team’s
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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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Case Study 2.: Trade and Innovation in the Korean Information and Communication Technology Sector<sup>1 </sup>. Onodera‚ Osamu Kim‚ Hanna Earl OECD Journal: General Papers; 2008‚ Vol. 8 Issue 4‚ p109-155‚ 47p‚ 34 Charts‚ 20 Graphs This includes the strategy of the organisation‚ the innovation strategy‚ the culture in the organisation towards risk-taking and change‚ the motivation of employees‚ cross functional learning‚ knowledge management and the use of internal and external
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More companies may enter the market‚ and competitors or even Samsung contractors can maneuver around patents to create similar devices. Samsung has linked product lines‚ which means that if one product line fails due to its own reasons other product lines will also suffer. Unlike Samsung‚ their competitors like Nokia has only focused in one segment and put much effort on it. Besides‚ the products made from China was very economic so Samsung could have a high competitive with their products. Retail chains
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Everyday‚ more than a quarter of all Samsung employees—40‚000 people—engage in research and development to discover the next generation of powerhouse products that will take everyday life beyond the ordinary—beyond imagination. R&D at Samsung Innovation is crucial to Samsung’s business. As new technologies are being constantly introduced to the market‚ speed is essential for remain-ing competitive in today’s digital era‚ and new markets have to be pioneered continuously.Through the interplay
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The strategy of Samsung Samsung’s strtegy has many admirable things to learn . One of the point to make the success of Samsung is its managers interested in long-term growth rather than short-term profit. .Strategic thinking of the Samsung Group is focused on developing target market and making a huge bet on them. That ‘s the reason we don’t mention the short-term stratgy of Samsung bacause it isn’t the main point of Samsung;strategy and we can learn just a little thing from it. Come back to
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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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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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Samsung has spent a lot of expenditure to advertising expenses. For example‚ according to Samsung Company (2011) annual report‚ they spent around 56‚000‚000 in million U.S. dollars‚ 2010 and 2011. They strong promote their brand name and product from many kind of advertising effect such as television‚ outdoor‚ internet‚ magazine‚ and newspaper. Television Television media advertising is one of the powerful media strategies in business marketing. It has high frequency potential‚ high intrusion
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