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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Keller’s Brand Resonance Pyramid | SONY Brand 2015 | Resonance Behavioral loyalty: This includes regular‚ repeat purchases‚ Sony has a loyal customerbase Attitudinal attachment: Customers have loved SONY for decades and many segments have grown up with their groundbreaking products‚ and see some of the products as a special purchase‚ PS3‚ VAIO‚ XPERIA Judgements Quality: The Customer perception of the quality of the Sony products/services with the SONY brandname is high Credibility: Decreased
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Therefore‚ the current business strategy of Sony is not matching the non-traditional gamer’s needs. However‚ as we mention before in macro environment analysis‚ society is becoming more intelligent and technology savvy‚ the gamers are increasing their demand for more challenging and stimulating game story lines and features‚ so the high technology feature of PlayStation matches this factor‚ the gamers can be played over the internet. Therefore‚ Sony PlayStation still maintains competitiveness
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1.1 What is Quality? The term "quality" has a relative meaning. This is expressed by the ISO definition: "The totality of features and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs". In simpler words‚ one can say that a product has good quality when it "complies with the requirements specified by the client". When projected on analytical work‚ quality can be defined as "delivery of reliable information within an agreed span of time under agreed
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Sony: Managing the international R&D network 1. How did Sony internationalize its R&D activities? What were the initial motivations for Sony to establish technology centres abroad? How would Kuemmerle categorize the R&D centres at Sony? Sony started to internationalize its activities in the 1950s‚ but in an incremental and cautious way. Because they thought‚ that “you must first learn about the market‚ learn how to sell it‚ and build up your corporate confidence before you commit yourself. And
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How did Sony internationalize its R&D activities? What were the initial motivations for Sony to establish technology centres abroad? How would Kuemmerle categorize the R&D centres at Sony?” Sony followed at the 1950’s a certain strategy which was incremental en cautious. As one of the founders‚ Morita‚ explained “you must first learn about the market‚ learn how to sell it‚ and build up your corporate confidence before you commit yourself. And when you have confidence‚ you should commit yourself
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Mission Statement Sony Corp: “At Sony‚ our mission is to be a company that inspires and fulfills your curiosity. Our unlimited passion for technology‚ content and services‚ and relentless pursuit of innovation‚ drives us to deliver ground-breaking new excitement and entertainment in ways that only Sony can. Creating unique new cultures and experiences. Everything we do‚ is to move you emotionally” Team Names (Arwa Kadour – NAM013 )- (Shahad Altallhi –NAM005) – (Samar Albarakati - NAM068)-( Orjwan
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in our modern days‚ all electronic manufacturers should also come out with more innovative products as the technology grows. This will allow the electronic companies from all around the world to gain competitive advantage. The corporation which I had chosen to analyze is Sony‚ one of the leading and most
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Corporation Sony - Company information Sony Company was founded in 1946 in Tokyo physicist Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka engineer. The company consisted of 20 employees‚ they were engaged in the repair of electrical equipment and tried to create their own products. At that moment‚ any development and production have been hampered. Because of the post-war limits on the consumption of electricity has consistently exceeded this limit and "Tokyo Research Laboratory" kicked out of their official location
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there are few substitutes from other industries (if any); and most of them are seemed to be obsolete or have on foot out of the door‚ e.g. digit camera in the place of film camera and fax machines in place of overnight mail delivery. Consider that Sony has built a good reputation and strong customer loyalty‚ it effectively position the company’s products against product substitute to some extent; this is a surplus for the company. 2. Bargaining Power of Buyers (HIGH) The power of buyer is high
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