Case 5: Sony Shockwave In Search of the Next Hit Product Questions 1. Discuss the importance of product innovation to the future success of Sony in regard to the changing marketing environment environment. 2. Conduct a SWOT analysis on Sony. 3. What are the strategic options available to Sony‚ in y ‚ the wake of “Sony Shock”? Furthermore‚ recommend a course of action for Sony. Q1. Importance of Product Innovation to Sony s Sony’s Future Success Product innovation enables Sony to: • Retain
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Pest Analysis of Sony Pest analysis is another marketing tool. Pest analysis examines the changes in the marketplace caused by political‚ economic‚ social and technological factors. Political factors changes involve one party to another who are in control. For example rises in private healthcare and privatisations‚ which is under the conservative government. Economic factors changes include changes such as a recession creating activity at the lower ends of the product price ranges. Also for
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Evaluation of Sony Corporation’s strategy Sony have successfully created an incredible brand name previously‚ however‚ its legend seem to be falling apart recently. In fact‚ Sony’s net profit for the July-September quarter for 2006 falling 94% to 1.7 billion Yen‚ compared to 28.5 billion Yen for the same period last year (Benson‚ 8th Nov 2006). The major reasons for the declining profit are affected by the critical strategic issues faced by Sony which became a main drawback for them. The first
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SONY Strategy Case Analysis Executive Summary Sony is currently faced with the problem of low operating margin and stagnant market share in the videogame console industry. PlayStation3 of Sony is competing with Xbox360 of Microsoft and Wii of Nintendo. Despite the high technology‚ Wii outsells PlayStation in the market. This shows that the traditional strategy of Sony based on hardware should be reviewed according to the new trend. Considering gradually increasing market size and harsh competition
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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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THEIR HELPING HAND IN THIS VENTURE. CONTENTS TOPICS | PAGE NO. | INTRODUCTION OF SONY VAIO | 3 | HISTORY | 3 | MISSION‚ VISION‚ GOAL | 4 | MARKET SHARE | 6 | SONY VAIO AND ITS COMPETITORS IN THE LIGHT OF 4Ps-COMPARATIVE STUDY | 7 | COMPETIIVE ADVANTAGE | 8 | PROBLEMS FACED BY SONY VAIO | 8 | RECOMMENDED MARKETING STRATEGIES | 9 | FUTURE PLANS | 14 | BIBLIOGRAPHY | 14 | INTRODUCION Sony is known as one of the most comprehensive entertainment and technology companies in the
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Case Study #3 Sony de Mexico It was a hot‚ dry afternoon in Mexico’s northern Sonora Desert and Rey was in a sour mood. Rey Uribe‚ the nor¬mally energetic and optimistic president of Sony de Mexico‚ had just received the news that Sony’s Mexican operations were to be shut down in a cost-cutting move. Corporate had decided that to remain competi¬tive‚ capacity should be shifted to Southeast Asia‚ where labor costs were a fraction of Mexico’s fully bur¬dened hourly labor rates of $3.50. Of course
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Sony Computer Entertainment History and SWOT Analysis By Seon Wall‚ Daniel Bates and Christopher Moore BSc (Hons)in Entertainment Systems The Entertainment Industry Declaration I declare that the work which follows is my own‚ and that any quotations from any sources (e.g. books‚ journals‚ the Internet) are clearly identified by the use of single quotation marks for shorter excerpts and indented italics for longer quotations. All quotations
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Journal of International Business and Law Volume 1 | Issue 1 Article 8 1-1-2002 Sony Computer Entertainment‚ Case Study Ayse Erguner Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarlycommons.law.hofstra.edu/jibl Recommended Citation Erguner‚ Ayse (2002) "Sony Computer Entertainment‚ Case Study‚" Journal of International Business and Law: Vol. 1: Iss. 1‚ Article 8. Available at: http://scholarlycommons.law.hofstra.edu/jibl/vol1/iss1/8 This Business Note is brought to you for free
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Business and Law Organisational Behaviour Saving Sony (case study) Student: Ramis Karamatov ID: B0496MAMA0213 Semester: Semester 2 Lecturer: Peter McGee London 2013© Table of Contents 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 2.0 INTRODUCTION 3 3.0 ANALYSIS 4 3.1.0 Organisational Change and types of organisational change in Sony 4 3.1.1 What is Organisational Change? 4 3.1.2 Organisational Changes in Sony 4 3.1.3 Structural change 5 3.1.4 Operational
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