Exercise 1: Identifying Corporate Strategy (Individual work) A. What are some of the business units (products) of Samsung? Samsung is a huge conglomerate that is well-known and respected globally. Its iconic brand is considered leader in its respective field in the industry. As a huge multi-national conglomerate‚ it consists of many business units or products with worldwide following and in the assignment excerpt‚ it mentioned some like first and foremost their flagship galaxy s4 and its
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1. How was Samsung able to go from copycat brand to product leader? Samsung was a copycat brand from the time it started to around the 90s. Some of the first items they made were calculators and black and white TVs. In 1993 Samsung unveiled a new strategy that they called “New Management”. They made the decision not to be a cheap copycat brand anymore. Samsung cut ties with low end retailers like Kmart and Wal-Mart. They started distributing at stores like Circuit City and Best Buy. They started
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Apple & Samsung Analyse the business strategies of two leading international companies Dr. Sayeda Meharunisa Ahmed Inas Alhamdy 2131874 Sara Aljamei 2112479 Nouf Almandeek 2100663 Thikra Alreshoodi 2110273 Maymona haboudal 2112598 Table of Contents Introduction Apple and Sumsung Vision and Mission Internal and External Factors SWOT Analysis Conclusion Introduction:
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Samsung Galaxy S4 mobile is a new product introduced in March 2013. I think this product will succeed in the long run in the marketplace. S4 has been already sold 10‚000‚000 units in 2 months‚ even break the record of any products in Samsung. We can tell how success of this product. S4 really help Samsung maximize their profits. Undeniably‚ S4 is very similar with S3‚ but the sales amount is keep increasing. From this‚ we can see Samsung has many royalty customers‚ they do repeat purchase. Many
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Samsung Electronics Questions 1. Why should Samsung globalize? Globalization should consider as Samsung’s second strategy‚ as Kim mentioned in the article. The world becomes a single market‚ which is associated with globalized resources and systems. Globalization should consider as a beneficial and efficient plan for the company. First of all‚ when Samsung goes global‚ Samsung can gain greater market share‚ increase sales and profits. In the case study‚ the article mentions that not only there’s
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Samsung for the past 3 years has been sharing their sustainable accomplishments through a sustainability report. This report demonstrates the impact Samsung had on people‚ society‚ and the environment. The structure for their sustainable report closely resembles that of an annual report. It is divided into three parts: Sustainability overview‚ Material issues‚ and Facts and figures. They monitor their accomplishments by setting benchmarks for each year. An example of these benchmarks: in 2011 they
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their recommendations. All directors are prohibited from engaging in business activities within the same industry without the approval of the board. This arrangement is to prevent conflict of interests‚ as specified in the Korean Commerce Act and the Samsung Electronics Articles of Incorporation. List of Directors Title Name Gender Position Tasks CEO‚ Vice Chairman Yoon-woo Lee M Head of DS Business Unit and chairman of the board of directors Overall corporate management and Device Solution(DS) management
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EXPLAIN THE EXTERNAL SOURCES OF FINANCE AVAILABLE TO A RETAIL BUSINESS External sources of finance are funds that come from outside the business. It involves the business getting loans from individuals or institutions. External sources of finance can be divided into two parts; short term and long term. Long term has two main branches; share capital & loan capital which will be divided further below. Short term has one main branch‚ which is divided into bank overdraft‚ hire purchase‚ trade credit
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All businesses need money to function sufficiently. Where this money comes from is defined as sources of finance. There are two different types of sources of finance: internal (capital from inside the business) and external (capital from outside the business). New businesses starting up need money to spend in long-term assets such as premises and equipment. They also need cash to pay for materials‚ pay wages‚ and to pay the day-today- bills such as water and electricity. In-experienced entrepreneurs often
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around us every time‚ every where as long the smart phones connect to the internet. Era smart phones globalism it have various brands of smart phones such as blackberry‚ iphone‚ Samsung‚ Nokia‚ Huawei‚ and HTC. These phones have to compete each other hardly. All these brand need to show off their grandeurs to the world. Samsung‚ the No. 1 maker of mobile phones‚ aims its Galaxy models at the top end of the market. Apple sells its iPhone to these customers‚ too. And while sales of smartphones continue
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