KENT GRAYSON rP os t KEL614 Revised April 5‚ 2012 Sony Targets Laptop Consumers in China: Segment Global or Local? op yo Richard Lopez‚ product manager for Sony Corporation in Hong Kong‚ had one week to finalize his plan for marketing VAIO laptop computers in China before presenting it to senior management in January 2011. Lopez was struggling to decide which segment (or segments) to target and how to position VAIO for this segment. At the heart of his struggle was an unusual problem—too much
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prefer to use my reference to Sony Corporation. I will refer to this company how it has diversify its market products‚ the price range‚ places for distribution and the promotional strategies they have used to promote their products. SONY Corporation In Brief Sony Corporation is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Tokyo‚ Japan‚ and one of the world’s largest media conglomerate with revenue of US$88.7 billion (as of 2008) based in Minato‚ Tokyo. Sony is one of the leading manufacturers
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• History Sony‚ is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato‚ Tokyo‚ Japan. Sony is one of the leading manufacturers of electronics‚ products for the consumer and professional markets. its founders Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka derived the name from sonus‚ the Latin word for sound‚ and also from the English slang word "sonny"‚ since they considered themselves to be "sonny boys". In late 1945‚ after the end of World War II‚ Masaru Ibuka started a radio repair shop
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Introduction Generally‚ Totsuko was started by 2 talented Engineer‚ Masaru Ibuka and Marketing Innovator‚ Akio Morita in 1946 in Japan. The company name was later changed to SONY in 1958. From 1950 to 1999‚ SONY introduced many innovative products; many of the world’s first technology and even created a robotic dog named Aibo. SONY’s vision is to create something new‚ to create more dreams and to make things fun. SONY’s mission is to create things for every kind of imagination and involve
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Why is diversity an important challenge facing organizations today? In today’s organizations‚ diversity has become an important challenge for managers. The main diversity focus in the population‚ the workforce‚ and the market-place; in fact‚ there is no manager can afford to ignore‚ and the diversity issues are growing more complex than before years. Groups of organization seeking full inclusion in the workplace‚ some of diversity are based on workforce diversity. Now organizations recognize that
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Individual Case: Sony Targets Laptop Consumer in China China Marketing GSB5138 Spring 2014‚ MP4 Professor: Caleb H. Tse Name: Jorge Eduardo Cortés E-mail: jecortes@skku.edu Sony Targets Laptop Consumer in China 1. Compare the consumer interview results with the CLUES report data. Why is there so much redundancy between the two studies? How are the four key consumer goals identified in the consumer interviews related to the CLUES segments? The
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Written Assignment Unit 5 Environmental Challenges Facing the American Auto Industry In order to compete globally there has been a dramatic shift in the structure and ownership of the “American” auto industry. It should be more precisely called‚ the “international” auto industry due to the fact that the American auto companies have merged with overseas companies becoming large global conglomerates. For example: Chrysler has merged with Daimler-Benz‚ Ford has merged with Volvo and General motors has
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\ Sony Corporation Entertainment company Sony Corporation‚ commonly referred to as Sony‚ is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Kōnan Minato‚ Tokyo‚ Japan. Wikipedia Stock price: SNEJF (OTCMKTS)US$ 19.97+0.05 (+0.25%) 15 Oct 11:30 am EDT - Disclaimer Headquarters: Minato‚ Tokyo‚ TKY‚ Japan CEO: Kazuo Hirai Founded: May 7‚ 1946 Founders: Masaru Ibuka‚ Akio Morita Nominations: Golden Joystick Award for Publisher of the Year
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SWOT SONY Strengths * Sony has for a long time produced high end and usably durable goods. This makes them a good company to do business both on a corporate scale and a private scale as it goods have a long usable life. This separates them from cheap electronic Asian companies whose goods are designed to not last as long so the goods are bought more often. This long life of its products make it a very appealing to business as they can now buy the product and know that if it has the brand Sony
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Introduction ‘SONY CORPORATION’ or ‘SONY’‚ a leading Japanese electronic brand was founded by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita in the year 1946. Starting from scratch after the World War II the owners with the support their employers lead the company to immense success and they have retained this tend ever since. SONY’s first product was the transistor based radio which evolved to be the first ever radio commercially sold by any electronics company to the general people. After works as technology
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