------------------------------------------------- International Business Strategy Case Study: Sony: managing the international R&D network 1. How did Sony internationalize its R&D activities? Sony started to internationalize its activities in the 1950’s. For this‚ it used an incremental and cautious way. They followed the Morita’s strategy which is: first to learn about the market‚ to learn how to sell to it and to build up its corporate confidence before to commit itself. He also says
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Consumer Behavior Sony Case Analysis 1. Through years of innovation‚ Sony has developed high-quality products that consumers desire and established a number of cultural meanings for itself. Consumers see Sony as a manufacturer that produces high-quality products that are innovative and push the marketplace forward. Motivated and creative‚ Sony brings cutting-edge technology from Japan to America. They are mostly responsible for Americans perceiving products made in Japan as high-quality (Peter
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Sony Playstation Case Privacy protection has been a public policy concern for decades. However‚ rapid technological changes‚ the rapid growth of the Internet and electronic commerce‚ and the development of more sophisticated methods of collecting‚ analyzing‚ and using personal information have made privacy a major socio-political issue in the U.S.‚ Europe‚ and other areas. Privacy issues have attracted the attention of the media‚ politicians‚ government agencies‚ businesses‚ and privacy advocates
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rigidities of Sony In their own success‚ Sony created a problem for themselves – resisting changing‚ and failing to recognize that changes were happening rapidly. All core competencies have the potential to become core rigidities (死板). Core rigidities inhibit Sony’s ability to access and develop new capabilities‚ and it prevents Sony from responding appropriately to changes‚ in particular the rapid changes in technology‚ thus losing their competitiveness. The culture for Sony appears to be
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RESTRUCTURING SONY The electronics and media giant Sony was struggling through the late 1990s and early part of the 21st century. With each disappointment‚ it seemed that Sony’s management launched another restructuring of the company. By 2003‚ commentators were beginning to ask whether restructuring was part of the solution or part of the problem. How should Sony be managing its strategic renewal? Introduction For the first quarter ending 30 June 2003‚ Japan based Sony Corporation (Sony)2 stunned the
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Samuel Lopes | Março 2011 Caso – Shoot the dog: bye-bye AIBO Q: A que segmentos se dirigem o AIBO‚ o Pleo e outros robots animais? Quem lhe parece que serão os compradores? R: Na minha perspectiva‚ no caso do Aibo os segmentos são: famílias (com médio-‐alto poder financeiro) com filhos
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Research Case Study-3 SONY INDIA1 Sony‚ a multinational corporation based in Tokyo‚ Japan‚ stepped into India in early 1995‚ in the post Iiberalisation period. Within a couple of months in the same year‚ it set up its manufacturing unit. The company makes its presence felt in India through Sony Entertain Television‚ Sony Music and Sony India. While the first two are comfortably placed in their niche markets‚ it is the third which is expected to bring in all those exciting Sony digital products
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Annual Report 2003 Year Ended March 31‚ 2003 Financial Highlights Sony Corporation and Consolidated Subsidiaries Year ended March 31 Yen in millions except per share amounts and number of employees Percent change Dollars in millions* except per share amounts 2002 2003 2003/2002 2003 FOR THE YEAR Sales and operating revenue Operating income Income before income taxes Income before cumulative effect of accounting changes Net income Per share data: Income before cumulative
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believe that it is important for Sony to manufacture more products in the United States‚ Europe and from suppliers in Asia because Sony needs to remain a globally diversified corporation. The Yen stability against the US dollar has had a negative impact on the financial stability of Sony. When Sony translated US dollars and Euro financial statements into Yen‚ the net assets and earnings ended up being worth less in Yen which in turn dropped Sony’s financial results. Sony needs to work on spreading more
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Report on Sony Corporation 15.249: Japan/Korea Trip Berrak Dogruer Mazen Ferzly Hiep Nguyen Douglas C. Roach Rafik Ward Report on Sony Corporation 15.249c Japan/Korea Trip Table of Contents COMPANY HISTORY.................................................................................................... 3 OVERVIEW ....................................................................................................................... 3 NOTE ABOUT SONY’S F OUNDER AND CHAIRMAN‚ AKIO MORITA
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