Comparison between Apple and Samsung Mention to smartphones‚ the first two brands flashing into my mind are Apple and Samsung. The top five smartphone vendor market share in 2011 is 17% for Samsung and 18.8% for Apple. In 2012‚ they become 30.4% and 16.9%. These two leading IT companies do compete in some other products‚ such as desktops and laptops. However‚ the fiercest competitive product is smartphone because both of them own their own advantages. We can figure out their emphasis and strategy
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We think the convertible bond issue was a self-dealing transaction. Because the Samsung Electronics issued the private convertible bonds‚ which worth 60 billion won‚ to the chairman’s son Lee Jae-Yong (45 billion won) and another Samsung affiliate (15 billion won). We think the purpose of issuing the convertible bonds is to transfer the management power to the chairman’s son‚ thus maintaining family control‚ because the bonds can be converted to shares of the company. Even though they knew this
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Apple vs. Samsung Apple and Samsung are the world’s two largest high-end mobile providers. Apple and Samsung are major competitors but are also business partners. Apple is one of Samsung’s biggest phone component customers and Samsung is one of Apple’s biggest suppliers. According to Bloomberg’s supply chain analysis‚ Apple accounts for 9% of Samsung’s revenue‚ which makes Apple Samsung’s largest costumer. Despite the companies’ business relationship‚ in April of 2011 Apple sued Samsung for copying
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Golan About Samsung: The Samsung Group is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town‚ Seoul‚ South Korea. It is the world’s largest conglomerate by revenue. The Samsung Group is composed of numerous international affiliated businesses‚ most of them united under the Samsung brand including Samsung Electronics‚ the world’s largest electronics company‚ Samsung Heavy Industries‚ the world’s second largest shipbuilder and Samsung C&T‚ a major
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SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS SUMMARY Under Kun Hee Lee’s leadership Samsung has risen to become the world’s leading memory producer for all types of PCs‚ game players‚ digital cameras and other electronic equipments. In 1987‚ Samsung was a “bit player”‚ years behind its key Japanese rivals. In 2003 Samsung’s memory division is bigger than that of Japanese rivals in both size & profits. The memory chip industry was expected to face cyclical downturn in 2005 and Samsung survived two previous downturns
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I. Situation Analysis A. Company Philosophy Samsung Electronics has to be the cutting-edge product leader in consumer electronics producing new sleek‚ bold‚ and beautiful products which they called as “lifestyle works of art” intended for the high-end users. Each product has to pass the “WOW” test. If it did not get the “WOW” reaction during market testing‚ it is scrapped or sent back to the design studio. B. Current Strategy The company is focused on the development and production of
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Its primary focus was on trade export‚ selling fish‚ vegetables‚ and fruit to Manchuria and Beijing. Since then‚ Samsung has grown to become one of the world’s most famed electronics company‚ making name in field of digital appliances and media‚ semiconductors‚ memory‚ and system integration. Like its motto‚ Samsung’s vision is‚ "Inspire the World‚ Create the Future
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4 P’s of Samsung smartphone: What made it possible for Samsung to beat Apple in smartphone sales? Almost three years before‚ during a press conference a question has been asked to Aamir Khan “If you are a number one actor in Bollywood‚ then why don’t you endorse number one brand in mobiles” Aamir replied “Samsung is not a number one brand at this stage but it will become soon”. Everyone laughed to the answer and probably they were right. Who would have been thought that in the crowd of many superior
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INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL AUDITING MARKETING REPORT PLANNING THE FUTURE MARKETING STRATEGIES FOR SAMSUNG TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANY PREPARED BY: SABRINA A. MDEMU L1165AAAA1010 Appendix………………………………………………………………………2. Executive summary…………………………………………………………..3. Introduction * Vision of Samsung……………………………..4. * Statistics and research figures…………………5. Recommendation on internal and external auditing for future marketing strategies * Internal auditing * SWOT analysis………………………………
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MANAGEMENT UNIV. MERCU BUANA STUDY CASE MARKETING MANAGEMENT Samsung Electronics Company : Question for Study Case discussion: 1. What are the ingredients of SEC’s corporate turnaround strategy? What are the implications for marketing mix policies? 2. How strong is the Samsung brand? Can Samsung pass Sony and become a top ten global brand? 3. As Chief Marketing Officer‚ what are Kim’s role and responsibilities? 4. What does Samsung (and Kim) have to do to become one of the top ten brands in the
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