Despite the signing of the ASEAN Charter in 2008‚ the recent border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia has shown that the organisation places the onus of avoiding armed conflict on the disputants themselves. Following Michael Leifer’s account of the ‘ASEAN paradox’ (1983)‚ this dispute has further demonstrated that ASEAN is an association rather than an alliance. Leifer argued that security matters are addressed bilaterally rather than regionally‚ and national interest prevails over regional
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THE ORIGIN OF SONY Founded by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita in 1958‚ the Sony Corporation has come a long way since its first transistor radios. Being innovative thinkers‚ the founders realized a need for a global brand with mass appeal. Hence‚ as the company grew‚ it was simply logical to establish production facilities in their respective regions. Since its inception‚ very few have been able to match Sony ’s track record for invention and innovation. These include the first Trinitron color television
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Keller’s Brand Resonance Pyramid | SONY Brand 2015 | Resonance Behavioral loyalty: This includes regular‚ repeat purchases‚ Sony has a loyal customerbase Attitudinal attachment: Customers have loved SONY for decades and many segments have grown up with their groundbreaking products‚ and see some of the products as a special purchase‚ PS3‚ VAIO‚ XPERIA Judgements Quality: The Customer perception of the quality of the Sony products/services with the SONY brandname is high Credibility: Decreased
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The image of what is claimed to be a Sony PlayStation 4 development kit reveals a couple of unidentified elements that resemble sensors or cameras. Until now‚ Sony offered PlayStation Eye separate camera for its consoles that worked with select titles‚ but keeping in mind the success of Kinect‚ it looks like the new PlayStation system may come bundled with a compulsory set of sensors. The alleged PlayStation 4 development kit which photo has been published by Destructoid web-site resembles a desktop
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Sony 1.0 Introduction 1.1 The Industry Sony‚ originally known as the Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Company‚ dates back over half a century ago to post war Japan in 1946. Sony has since used product innovation and stringent marketing strategies to achieve massive growth to become the world’s leading consumer electronics manufacturer. The Sony brand is directly involved and dedicated to the design and development‚ manufacture and sale of a wide range of electronic devices‚ equipment and instruments
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Weakness of Aristocracy: Aristocracy has‚ in common with monarchy‚ but the evil inherent in all kinds of Aristocracies is that they form a separate interest which is almost certain to come into conflict with the interests of the community. No wise and just principle has so far been devised for the selection of the ruling class‚ and no safeguard has been suggested to ensure that the few will rule in the interests of all and not for their selfish advantage. The privileged persons‚ who are destined
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Therefore‚ the current business strategy of Sony is not matching the non-traditional gamer’s needs. However‚ as we mention before in macro environment analysis‚ society is becoming more intelligent and technology savvy‚ the gamers are increasing their demand for more challenging and stimulating game story lines and features‚ so the high technology feature of PlayStation matches this factor‚ the gamers can be played over the internet. Therefore‚ Sony PlayStation still maintains competitiveness
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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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Sony is a vast corporation that operates in a global scale. In order for it continue its operations around the globe requires a great amount of materials that is used in manufacturing the end-product. Being a multinational organization its suppliers come from all four corners of the globe. Due to this factor of being a large multi-national corporation Sony is in business with many suppliers. Due to this large number of reliance on suppliers‚ diminishes the bargaining power suppliers have over
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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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