of directors. Evaluate the current board of Samsung Electronics. What are the strengths and weaknesses in the current board composition? How many directors can be classified as non-executive? How many can be classified as independent? What are your criteria’s for assessing director independence? Do you think changes need to be made to the current board composition? If no - why not‚ if yes - what changes would you recommend? The board of Samsung Electronics has 23 directors of which 7 are executive
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1. How was Samsung able to go from copycat brand to product leader? Samsung was a copycat brand from the time it started to around the 90s. Some of the first items they made were calculators and black and white TVs. In 1993 Samsung unveiled a new strategy that they called “New Management”. They made the decision not to be a cheap copycat brand anymore. Samsung cut ties with low end retailers like Kmart and Wal-Mart. They started distributing at stores like Circuit City and Best Buy. They started
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Discuss how Samsung differentiates its product from its competitors. In making themselves one of the most quality and innovative brands within the electronics industry‚ Samsung strives to be sustainable and achieving a sustainable competitive advantage by ensuring it remains as the leader within the digital market. Samsung has differentiated its products from its competitors from a platform of three categories. These categories are product attributes‚ firm linkages‚ and firm-customer relationships
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their recommendations. All directors are prohibited from engaging in business activities within the same industry without the approval of the board. This arrangement is to prevent conflict of interests‚ as specified in the Korean Commerce Act and the Samsung Electronics Articles of Incorporation. List of Directors Title Name Gender Position Tasks CEO‚ Vice Chairman Yoon-woo Lee M Head of DS Business Unit and chairman of the board of directors Overall corporate management and Device Solution(DS) management
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Smartphone Vendors‚ Shipments‚ and Market Share Calendar Year 2012 (Units in Millions) Vendor 2012 Unit Shipments 2012 Market Share 2011 Unit Shipments 2011 Market Share Year over Year Change 1. Samsung 215.8 30.3% 94.2 19.0% 129.1% 2. Apple 135.9 19.1% 93.1 18.8% 46.9% 3. Nokia 35.1 4.9% 77.3 15.6% -54.6% 4. HTC 32.6 4.6% 43.6 8.8% -25.2% 5. Research In Motion 32.5 4.6% 51.1 10.3% -36.4% Others 260.7 36.5% 135.3 27.5% 92.7% Total 712.6 100.0% 494.6 100.0% 44.1% Source: IDC Worldwide Mobile
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Exercise 1: Identifying Corporate Strategy (Individual work) A. What are some of the business units (products) of Samsung? Samsung is a huge conglomerate that is well-known and respected globally. Its iconic brand is considered leader in its respective field in the industry. As a huge multi-national conglomerate‚ it consists of many business units or products with worldwide following and in the assignment excerpt‚ it mentioned some like first and foremost their flagship galaxy s4 and its
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Review of Sales Promotion schemes and Consumer Preference. 3.0 Promotion and Consumption 3.1 Sales promotion Schemes and Consumer Preference 3.2 Brand Equity Measurement 3.3 Sales Promotion Types and Preferences 3.4 Valence of a promotion 3.5 When Promotion is Informative 3.6 Perceived discount 3.7 Store Image 3.8 Name Brand Vs Store Brand 3.9 Change in Purchase intention due to Sales promotions 3.10 Promotion threshold 3.11 Consumer Price Formation : Reference Prices 3.12 Price Elasticity 3.13
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Price Price which means that the amount of payment for goods and services given in money term. Price also is the total values for consumers exchange for the benefit for their satisfaction by using or having the product or service. Price decisions must focus on product design‚ promotion costs‚ distribution and more mixed‚ forming a valid imploded marketing plan. In arrange the price of a product‚ marketers must use the pricing strategy. However‚ use the pricing strategy not only can fascinate more
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Founded Samsung Introduction-2 Important points‚ 1970’s subsidized‚ In 1938‚ Samsung began as a small business trading produce and consumer goods. Almost 70 years later‚ Samsung has transformed itself into a global powerhouse whose superior products and services now range from semiconductors and LNG ships to fine chemicals and financial services‚ just to name a few. 1938-1970 Samsung Beginning On March 1‚ 1938‚ founding chairman Byung-Chull Lee started a business in Taegu‚ Korea with 30
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Samsung means “three stars” in Korean. Lee Byung-Chull founded Samsung in 1938. It started as a small trading company with forty employees‚ located in Seoul. The company did fairly well until the Communist invasion in 1950 which caused great damage to his inventories. He was force to leave and start over in Suwon in 1951. In just a year‚ the company’s assets had grown twenty-fold. In 1953‚ Lee created a sugar refinery—the South Korea’s first manufacturing facility after the Korean War. “The company
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