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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Boston matrix (BCG matrix) At the end of the 1960s‚ Bruce Henderson‚ founder of the Boston Consulting Group‚ BCG‚ developed his portfolio matrix. The effect on the business world was dramatic. Henderson first came up with the concept of an experience curve‚ which differs widely from the learning curve‚ a concept formulated many years before and which states that staff productivity increases according to the number of times a particular work task is carried out. The experience curve does not have
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Strengths: Well respected and globally accepted brand in the strategy consulting domainBCG‚ over the years has cultivated and built up a reputation for itself and a corporate brand which has become almost synonymous to strategy consulting. In the process‚ BCG has pioneered some path breaking ideas and concepts in the strategy consulting domain that provided innovative frameworks and solutions to address the needs and problems of business community. The company’s focus on conceptual‚
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Case study: Can Sony Regain Its Innovative Edge? The OLED Project 1. Why did Sony push back introduction of the OLED television? What was the advantage in waiting? What were the drawbacks? Was there a threat of moving to market with new technology too fast? How might the delayed introduction affect Sony’s reputation among consumers‚ enthusiasts‚ and Sony’s own R&D personnel? Sony holds the view that the OLED technology provides a markedly improved picture and it will be the basis for the next
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BCG Matrix of Hindustan Unilever regarding its Products with proper reasons for the same BCG Matrix of Hindustan Unilever [pic] BCG analysis is mainly used for Multi Category / Multi Product companies. All categories and products together are said to be Business portfolio. Thus‚ the various entities of your business portfolio may move forward by a different pace and with a different strategy. The BCG analysis actually helps you in deciding which entities in your business portfolio are actually
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famous is the Boston Matrix. U ntil the 1960s‚ models were the impenetrable domain of economists. The man who can be largely credited with bringing business models into the mainstream was Bruce Henderson (1915-92)‚ an Australian engineer who worked as a strategic planner for General Electric. From GE‚ Henderson joined the management consultancy A rt hur D. Li tt le. In 1963‚ he announced that he was leaving to set up his own consultancy‚ the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). An engineering
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BCG MATRIX‚ GE FOR A PRODUCT PORTFOLIO ERUKULLA SURESH -138919 SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT‚ NIT WARANGAL SUBJECT: MARKETING ENVIRONMENT AND ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENT-2 SUBMITTED TO DR.RITANJALI MAJHI‚ ASSISTANT PROFESSOR‚ SOM ON 9TH OCTOBER 2013 ABSTRACT BCG matrix is a framework created by Boston Consulting Group to evaluate the strategic position of the business brand portfolio and its potential. It classifies business portfolio into four categories based on industry attractiveness (growth
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BCG Matrix of KFC The need for strategy‚ in order to expand its existing product in very promising markets for KFC is very essential. KFC‚ along with McDonalds‚ and other major fast food chains have dominated the American continent as well as else where. Since the1950’s when the founder of KFC had a dream‚ of building an empire in the fast foodmarket‚ the company has undergone lots of changes. The company has changedownership; it has taken over from Pepsi and passed over to Tricon‚ which owns
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Limitations of the BCG model. The BCG model is criticised for having a number of limitations (Kotler 2003; McDonald 2003): ➢ There are other reasons other than relative market share and market growth that could influence the allocation of resources to a product or SBU: reasons such as the need for strong brand name and product positioning could compel resource allocation to an SBU or product (Drummond & Ensor 2004). ➢ What is more‚ the model rests on net cash consumption or generation as the
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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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