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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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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Sample Short Speeches of Welcome and Thanks (Bare-bones ’models’ to be developed as appropriate and delivered extemporaneously) TRENAK11 English Public Speaking (Hopkins) Department of Translation Studies‚ University of Tampere 1. Ladies and Gentlemen‚ Good Morning! On behalf of the Department of Translation Studies I would like to welcome all of you today to our class in Public Speaking. As you know‚ we have long had such a class in our English Section curriculum‚ and it is a pleasure
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Sony is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Tokyo‚ Japan. It ranked 73 on the 2011 list of Fortune Global 500. Sony is one of the leading manufacturers of electronics products for the consumer and professional markets. Walkman is a Sony brand trade name originally used for portable audio cassette players‚ and now used to market Sony’s portable audio players as well as a line of former Sony Ericsson mobile phone. The original walkman introduces a changed in music
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change 14 h. Anchor the changes in corporate culture 14 Question 4 15 Sources of change in Sony 15 i. Fear of the unknown; 15 ii. Fear of redundancy 15 iii. Habit 15 iv. Corporate history and culture; 16 Solution to resistance; 17 v. Educate and communicate 17 vi. Participation; 17 vii. Negotiation; 17 viii. Manipulation and co-optation; 17 Conclusion 18 REERENCES 19 Sony is a widely known electronic company which was founded in 1946 by Masuru Ibuka and Akio Morita
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\ Sony Corporation Entertainment company Sony Corporation‚ commonly referred to as Sony‚ is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Kōnan Minato‚ Tokyo‚ Japan. Wikipedia Stock price: SNEJF (OTCMKTS)US$ 19.97+0.05 (+0.25%) 15 Oct 11:30 am EDT - Disclaimer Headquarters: Minato‚ Tokyo‚ TKY‚ Japan CEO: Kazuo Hirai Founded: May 7‚ 1946 Founders: Masaru Ibuka‚ Akio Morita Nominations: Golden Joystick Award for Publisher of the Year
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SONY CASE STUDY QUESTION Outline and evaluate Sony’s strategic position at the end of the case study‚ including its management of change. What strategic changes (if any) would you now recommend to Sony’s Management? Introduction 1.1 Sony’s fate through the 1990s has been characterised by grave vagaries of events in its fifty years of operation. Enormous successes from 1946 has been attributed to the collaborative venture between
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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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Introduction Sony was founded in 1945 by partners Masaru Ibuka‚ (an engineer)‚ and Akio Morita‚ (a physicist)‚and was originally named Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo (Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering). The firm was launched in Nihonbashi‚ Tokyo. Four years later the company developed and produced Japans’ first magnetite-coated‚ paper-based recording tape‚ called Soni-Tape. In 1955‚ the firm began using Sony logo on Totsuko products. The group also launched Japan ’s first transistor radio‚ the TR-55‚ during
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Individual Case: Sony Targets Laptop Consumer in China China Marketing GSB5138 Spring 2014‚ MP4 Professor: Caleb H. Tse Name: Jorge Eduardo Cortés E-mail: jecortes@skku.edu Sony Targets Laptop Consumer in China 1. Compare the consumer interview results with the CLUES report data. Why is there so much redundancy between the two studies? How are the four key consumer goals identified in the consumer interviews related to the CLUES segments? The
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