I. Positioning Statement Samsung embodies style and technology for the young professional‚ with its cutting edge design and superior connectivity features. Samsung’s positioning statement is one that asserts its differentiation vis-à-vis other mobile phone providers. In the local market where myriad choices abound‚ Samsung’s sleek exterior design‚ accompanied by its selection of soft and hard features‚ render it an optimal purchase for the young‚ technologically updated professional. II. SWOT
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Apple | 61‚4% | * design * processor * weight * storage * capacity * style | Samsung | 7‚5% | * innovation * design * capacity | The worldwide sales of tablets are almost doubled in 2012 and PC market slightly decreases as a whole. With the launch of iPad2 more customers switched to buying alternative device or PC looks like tablets. Apple iOS takes 61‚4% of worldwide tablet sales. Samsung is on the second place with 7‚5%. Resources of Apple. Potential for scale‚ experience
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Read about Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) marketing approach. Group 1: Company A is Sony Company B is LG Group 2: Company A is Canon Company B is Panasonic Group 3: Company A is HTC Company B is Samsung Instructions: 1) Locate the company A’s website. 2) Look for the key message/messages of the company A. 3) Locate a recent company A’s video commercial (on the television or from Youtube) or a print advertisement. What is the key message/messages
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General Environment The fastest growing sports organization in the world‚ the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)‚ started in 1993 as a professional mix martial arts (MMA) organization. Once the UFC brand was launched‚ MMA popularity surged in Brazil‚ followed by immense interest in Japan where these bouts became major events. The most recent fight in April‚ UFC sold 55‚000 tickets in minutes‚ became the largest paid audience in North American to witness a mix martial arts event. They delivered
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China. China’s government began to subsidize all semiconductor infrastructural needs to local producers in hope of making China competitive in the market. Micron was granted amnesty in an April 2005 price fixing charge against Hynix‚ Infineon‚ and Samsung for bringing the alleged wrong doing to the US Department of Justice. This type of coordination is prevalent among firms in an Oligopoly‚ in which Barriers to Entry are categorized as high. 2. The Power of Suppliers With each generation of semiconductor
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1. Introduction 1.1. Background The Samsung Group was founded by Byung-Chull Lee in 1938‚ in Taegu‚ Korea‚ as an exporter of dried fish‚ vegetables and fruits. Byung later established flour mills under the name Samsung‚ which means three stars in Korean language. He also produced confectionery machines in this period. In 1951‚ Samsung Moolsan‚ a holding company‚ was established which later The building of Samsung Sanghoe in Daegu in 1930s became Samsung Corp. in 1953‚ Cheil Sugar Manufacturing Co
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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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* Identify the generic strategy adopted by a product or division of your firm and also a major competitor. Attempt to justify your answer by comparing with the industry average benchmarks (Price and Cost data). * Draw a value chain of your firm‚ mentioning key points of functional fit/ misfit with the above generic strategy. E.g. how will Operations /marketing support the identified strategy. Make recommendations for any change needed. ------------------------------------------------- 1a
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Session three: Case study (Answers Key) Mercedes-Benz Is Footloose in Tuscaloosa 1. Q: What do you think were the chief factors involved in Mercedes’ decision to undertake FDI in the United States rather than build the M-class in Germany? A: First‚ Mercedes undertook FDI to become more in tune with the U.S. market—they needed to fully understand consumers in order to produce cars that U.S. consumers would buy. Second‚ Mercedes chose the southern United States over a new plant in Germany because
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Case Study of Samsung’s Mobile Phone Business I. Introduction For Samsung Electronics‚ 2003 was a watershed year. It successfully positioned itself as one of the world’s best mobile phone manufacturers and its products were featured all over the media. Many were calling its mobile phones as “the best gift for Christmas”1 or “the Mercedes of mobile phones.”2 Samsung’s achievements were particularly remarkable considering that its primary focus had previously been in semiconductors and home appliances
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