Case Study - III Samsung – The Making of a Global Brand Q. No 1. By 2002‚ Samsung was rated as one of the top 3 players in the global mobile handset market. Analysts attributed Samsung’s success to its marketing initiatives. Discuss the role of marketing in Samsung’s success. Answer: Samsung’s vision was to become the leader in the emerging digital convergence era‚ which is defined by two trends: combining different technologies in one product‚ and linking multiple technologies through one
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South Korean manufacturer Samsung has created a buzz with a "selfie" picture taken during the Oscars by a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 with several Hollywood celebrities. This picture had been posted on Twitter‚ a famous online social networking‚ by the Oscars host Ellen De Generes and then retweetted more than two millions times‚ a record. This phenomenon had a large impact on both product and the company. However it turns out that this event had been completely planned by Samsung and it was not an unintentional
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manufacturing semiconductors‚ a competitor should expect high initial capital requirements to build facilities needed for production. Cost to build a new semiconductor fab has gone up from $200 million in 1985 to $3 Billion in 2004. Incumbent companies have capabilities to design newer generations of semiconductors with greater amounts of memory and processing abilities that make older generations obsolete. Older generations tend to drop half their amount in price one year after a new model is
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94 95 GLOBAL NETWORK GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS Samsung Electronics Co.‚ Ltd. Samsung Electronics Bldg.‚ 1320-10‚ Seocho 2-dong‚ Seocho-gu‚ Seoul 137-857‚ Korea Tel : 82-2-2255-0114 www.samsung.com North America Samsung Electronics North America Headquarters 85 Challenger Road‚ Ridgefield Park‚ NJ 07660‚ USA Latin America Samsung Electronics Latin America Headquarters Samsung Electronica Da Amazonia Ltda. Avenida das Nacoes Unidas‚ 12901‚ 8 andar‚ Torre
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SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS ANNUAL REPORT 2006 Contents 2006 Financial Highlights Performance Summary by Business Creation Message from the Board Message from the CEO Product Highlights 2006 Product Highlight 01 02 04 06 10 18 Innovation Business Overview Digital Media Telecommunication Networks Digital Appliances Semiconductors LCDs 22 23 26 29 32 35 Premium Brand Design Marketing Research and Development 40 42 46 Communication Corporate Citizenship Co-prosperity Green Management
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Marketing Excellence >>Samsung Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung has made a remarkable transformation‚ from a provider of valuepriced commodity products that original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) sold under their own brands‚ to a global marketer of premium-priced Samsung-branded consumer electronics such as flat-screen TVs‚ digital cameras‚ digital appliances‚ semiconductors‚ and cell phones. Samsung’s high-end cell phones have been a growth engine for the company‚ which has also released
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SAMSUNG‚ AN ORIGINAL AND COMPETITIVE SOCIAL MODEL: THE ROLE OF THE FOUNDER‚ LEE BYUNG-CHULL1 by Rang-Ri PARK 2 Doctor in History Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV) University Dominique BARJOT Professor of Modern Economic History Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV) University In 2006‚ the economic value of the Samsung brand stood at 20th place‚ ahead of Dell‚ Apple‚ Philips and Panasonic... 3 Samsung or the “three star” company was established in 1938 by an extraordinary entrepreneur‚ Byung Chull Lee
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MARKETING MIX OF SAMSUNG Samsung is a South Korean multinational company‚ founded by Lee Byung Chull‚ in the year 1938. It entered the electronics industry in the late 1960s. Since 1990s‚ Samsung has globalized its electronics‚ mainly mobile phones‚ which have become its major source of income. The Samsung galaxy series is one of the brand builders for Samsung and hence we will discussing the marketing mix of Samsung Galaxy. Despite the competition from similar companies‚ Samsung is growing manifold
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Samsung Group Success Bus 478 Wing Hung #200138620 October 11‚ 2007 Samsung is one of the biggest conglomerates in the world with businesses established in shipbuilding‚ contracting‚ and electronics. Global revenues in 2005 alone reach over 56.7 billion (Secrets of Samsung ’s innovation success‚ 2006) and brand tracking firm Interband ranked Samsung as the 20th most valuable brand in the world (As Sony gets a tune-up‚ Samsung Zooms Ahead‚ 2005). Samsung was not really recognized as an
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SWOT analysis of Samsung This is a Samsung Electronics SWOT analysis for 2013. For more information on how to do SWOT analysis please refer to our article. Company background Name | Samsung Electronics Co.‚ Ltd. | Industries served | Consumer electronics‚ Telecoms Equipment‚ Semiconductors‚ Home Appliances | Geographic areas served | Worldwide | Headquarters | South Korea | Current CEO | Kwon Oh Hyun | Revenue | ₩ 201.103 trillion (2012) | Profit | ₩ 23.845 trillion (2012) | Employees
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