SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS ANNUAL REPORT 2006 Contents 2006 Financial Highlights Performance Summary by Business Creation Message from the Board Message from the CEO Product Highlights 2006 Product Highlight 01 02 04 06 10 18 Innovation Business Overview Digital Media Telecommunication Networks Digital Appliances Semiconductors LCDs 22 23 26 29 32 35 Premium Brand Design Marketing Research and Development 40 42 46 Communication Corporate Citizenship Co-prosperity Green Management
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Samsung’s Background. Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Samsung Town‚ Seoul. It comprises numerous subsidiaries and affiliated businesses‚ most of them united under the Samsung brand‚ and is the largest South Korean chaebol. Notable Samsung industrial subsidiaries include Samsung Electronics (the world’s largest information technology company measured by 2011 revenues)‚ Samsung Heavy Industries (the world’s second-largest shipbuilder measured by
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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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8 9.0 Conclusion…………………………..................................................................8 10.0 References…………………………..................................................................9 Executive Summary This report will discuss whether Samsung Group can establish a company in Malaysia. The report will be divided into two parts: external environment and SWOT analysis of the external
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North America (US and Canada) The current state of Affairs in the US is that the US has long dominated international trade in television programming. In the US‚ TV broadcast by three main traditional channels (ABC‚ NBC and CBS). These channels are available free across the airwaves. The programmes are paid by advertising. The US market fragmentation produces new industry linkages due the launch of a large number of cables and satellite channels offering news‚ live sport‚ new films and specialist
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the 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
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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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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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The focus of Samsung in terms of marketing? First of all I am going to tell you more about the first sub question: what is the focus of Samsung in terms of Marketing . I am going to tell you about The triple bottom line‚ which is also known as people‚ planet‚ and profit‚ which includes criteria for sustainability. People Samsung Samsung’s citizenship efforts comprehend a wide range of areas that touch people’s lives‚ including social welfare‚ culture‚ volunteer services and education. This
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case study analysis is on Samsung Electronics Company (SEC) and how it has climbed up the ranks in the past decade via calculated marketing strategies‚ extensive market research and analysis‚ and a risky bet on how the market will evolve. Samsung’s principle outlook took time and education from within and thereafter the general market. Samsung Electronics Company (SEC) began doing business in 1969 as a low-cost manufacturer of black and white televisions. In 1970‚ “Samsung acquired a semiconductor
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