Introduction Sony was founded in 1945 by partners Masaru Ibuka‚ (an engineer)‚ and Akio Morita‚ (a physicist)‚and was originally named Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo (Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering). The firm was launched in Nihonbashi‚ Tokyo. Four years later the company developed and produced Japans’ first magnetite-coated‚ paper-based recording tape‚ called Soni-Tape. In 1955‚ the firm began using Sony logo on Totsuko products. The group also launched Japan ’s first transistor radio‚ the TR-55‚ during
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Remedies Final Summer This fact pattern is regarding the misbehavior of Sony and its brand of music cds. In an effort to combat piracy‚ Sony hired a company to design a copy-protection system called XCP. This software was imbedded onto Sony’s cds and this software was designed to prevent unauthorized replication. If you tried to play a protected disk in your computer‚ you first had to agree to install a Sony music player to listen to it. Yet‚ this software used malware tactics‚ it took over the
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Sony is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Tokyo‚ Japan. It ranked 73 on the 2011 list of Fortune Global 500. Sony is one of the leading manufacturers of electronics products for the consumer and professional markets. Walkman is a Sony brand trade name originally used for portable audio cassette players‚ and now used to market Sony’s portable audio players as well as a line of former Sony Ericsson mobile phone. The original walkman introduces a changed in music
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Strength One of Sony’s greatest strengths is their ability to produce innovative‚ quality products. Sony’s web page states “Sony innovations have become part of mainstream culture‚ including: the first magnetic tape and tape recorder in 1950; the transistor radio in 1955; the world’s first all-transistor TV set in 1960; the world’s first color video cassette recorder in 1971; the Walkman personal stereo in 1979; the Compact Disc (CD) in 1982; the first 8mm camcorder in 1985; the Minidisk (MD)
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Sony play-station Vision:To create exciting new digital entertainment experiences for consumers by bringing together cutting-edge products with latest generation content and services. | Mission:Sony is committed to developing a wide range of innovative products and multimedia services that challenge the way consumers access and enjoy digital entertainment. By ensuring synergy between businesses within the organisation‚ Sony is constantly striving to create exciting new worlds of entertainment
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Supply chain management in Toyota Motor Corporation Supply-chain management at Toyota is an element of company’s operations strategy which is thoroughly based on the Toyota Production System (TPS). It was developed in the 1940’s by Shigeo Shingo and Taiichi Ohno. As Toyota’s success gained world-wide coverage‚ at was followed by interest by other companies in TPS‚ the principles of which is expressed by the term of “lean manufacturing” Liker (2005‚ p.16) lists following components of Toyota Supplier
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Gap and Current Strategy Analysis * Macro Environment: The major trend in the macro-environment which affects Sony’s future strategy is socio/cultural/demographic. Since the Nintendo Wii emerged‚ it attracted many of non-traditional gamers came into the videogame console market‚ especially females and elderly people. Traditionally‚ non-traditional gamers think PlayStation is not ease of use for them. For instance‚ the joystick is difficult controlled or the instruction of the games are not easily
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Sony Corporation Strategic Analysis Executive Summary Sony Corporation is a Japanese multinational conglomerate consisting of a number of business units (consumer electronics‚ gaming‚ movie production‚ music and financial services) making it one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world. However‚ the start of the 21st Century has been a difficult period for Sony resulting in a decline in operating profits and share prices. A SWOT and PEST analysis indicates that economic
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Sony: Managing the international R&D network 1. How did Sony internationalize its R&D activities? What were the initial motivations for Sony to establish technology centres abroad? How would Kuemmerle categorize the R&D centres at Sony? Sony started to internationalize its activities in the 1950s‚ but in an incremental and cautious way. Because they thought‚ that “you must first learn about the market‚ learn how to sell it‚ and build up your corporate confidence before you commit yourself. And
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Amazon Your Industry: Extracting Value from the Value Chain "Way cool" Web sites and measures of "hits" and "eyeballs" are clearly driving revenue in the dot-com world. To date‚ these metrics have provided the basis for the extraordinary market valuation of the new generation of Web retailers. In the near term‚ most "e-tailers" must focus on surviving the incubator phase of the Internet retail industry by gaining enough market shares to become a sustainable player. "Efficiency and productivity lie
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