JOHN QUELCH ANNA HARRINGTON
Samsung Electronics Company: Global Marketing Operations
Company Background and Strategy
The Samsung conglomerate’s roots dated back to 1938 when the company produced agricultural products. In the 1970s, the company focused on shipbuilding, chemicals, and textiles. Samsung Electronics Company (SEC)2 was founded in 1969, primarily as a low-cost manufacturer of black and white televisions. In the 1970s, Samsung acquired a semiconductor business, thereby setting the stage for future growth in electronics. Throughout the 1980s, SEC supplied global markets with massive quantities of commodity products such as televisions, VCRs, and microwave ovens. The company sold its products to original equipment
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(Exhibit 1 shows the growth in revenues and profits between 1997 and 2002.) By 2003, Samsung was the most widely held stock among all emerging market companies due in part to relatively transparent disclosure practices. Over half of Samsung shares were held outside Korea, and the stock price had increased tenfold between 1997 and 2002. The company had a market capitalization of $41 billion in 2002, making it the largest Asian electronics company by this measure. SEC Chairman Kun Hee Lee led the transformation. In 1993, Lee launched the “new management initiative,” which set out to remake Samsung as a global business leader. It was the changes that followed from this initiative that saved the company during the Asian financial crisis and streamlined the company into a profitable enterprise. Throughout the 1990s, Lee demanded the rethinking of key fundamentals and set the stage for long-term commitment to investment in innovative, premium products and brand value. Following the chairman’s new management initiative and the appointment of Yun Jong Yong as vice chairman in 1997, the company pursued a bold combination of strategies, many of which seemingly contradicted conventional wisdom.
Vertical Integration
Instead of outsourcing production to external suppliers and thereby transferring the capital investment and inventory risk, Samsung remained committed to manufacturing as a core competence. “If we get out
Samsung served as the manufacturing industry and international company analyzed. Samsung has been in business for over 70 years and manufactures products for diverse markets, including: digital media, high -tech electronics, home appliances, information technology and telecommunication. Samsung's motto is to "inspire the world and create the future" by leveraging three key strengths: new technology, innovative products and creative solutions.
The appointment of Yun Jong Yong as president and CEO of Samsung in 1996 was symbolic to the beginning of the organizations transition from its previous business level strategy of cost-leadership to its now successful implementation of differentiation. Before refocusing the direction of Samsung’s strategy it was originally making most of it’s profits producing lower-priced appliances that cost-conscious consumers were more likely to pick up if they couldn’t afford a higher priced brand (i.e. Sony or Mitsubishi). Also during that time Samsung has established itself as a low-cost supplier of various components to larger and better-known manufactures around the world. Although the organization was profitable at the time the over-all cost leadership strategy implemented by Samsung was positioned to be vulnerable to future external threats that could send the company belly-up.
This reflection is about „The Paradox of Samsung’s Rise“ written by Khanna, T. Song, J. and Lee, K. published in The Globe in 2011 pp. 142-148 and the challenges Samsung overcame to become a successful company over a brief period of time.
Samsung, Name that people often heard, the business conglomerate that help the advancement of technology to the current day, their product can be found almost everywhere, home, street, offices, schools, it also can be found inside some peoples pocket. According to the recent report by Kristin Stoller (2017) Samsung has achieved 2nd in “The World's Largest Tech Companies 2017” surpassed by their technology rivals Apple. However, Samsung did not get their ‘Business conglomerate’ title from Information technology, in fact they started as trading company with a budget of 30.000 KRW up to now, they currently know with their huge role in the mobile phone race with their rival Apple. Their growth is proving of successful marketing strategy that leads them to become a business tycoon.
Samsung was founded by Lee Byuung-Chul in 1938. It was first a diversified company that included food processing, textiles, security, insurance and retail. Then later on, in the 1960s, Samsung got into the electronics. By the time passed the company started to grow in the electronics industry, After the death of its founder Mr Lee in 1987, the company was divided into several groups, one of the groups was named Samsung. after that in the 1990s the company has set up in several different countries and got the chance to expand a lot. It mostly operated in specialising of mobile phones and managed to
By the end of 2012, Samsung electronics become the largest producer of televisions and mobile phone. In order to achieve the success and the dramatic rise in consumer electronics sector, the company initiated new methods to innovate and create high quality products .
Today Samsung has evolved into a group of companies unmatched by others in its range of industries and performance. It is now globally focused and responsive to the needs of each market, and more committed than ever to true innovation. The group’s three core business sectors are electronics, finance and trade and services.
In the year of 1990s Samsung has expanding and globalizing their business especially in electronic, particularly mobile phones and semiconductors, have become its most important source of income. Samsung have been operating over 50
Have you ever wondered how some of the largest companies in the world got their start? If so, you are not alone. This summary paper will take a look at Samsung, one of the world’s largest companies. It will cover the company’s history, structure, its goals and culture. It will also highlight how employees are motivated and evaluated. Samsung is a company that started out small and has grown into a large global company with many divisions.
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd is Korean international business, productions a wide-ranging of product; involves computers, mobile phone, digital TVs etc. Main fear of company is that it completely depends on
Factor conditions – the incremental investments in R&D allowed Samsung to develop specialised resources and competitive advantage. The development of internal R&D in electronics, sales, service, and its technical and capital resources was pivotal to the success of the firm in the early stage as well as in the more recent years. In addition, the “home grown” resources, such as inexpensive manufacturing allowed Samsung to excel in the international environment. Additionally, the large investments on post-war education helped the country to develop an asset of highly skilled workers that allowed exploiting several industries overtime speeding up the industrialisation process (Datta – Secrets behind Korea’s economic success, 2017).
Marketing is one of the important elements of every company. By applying good methods of marketing, any company is able to achieve its goals. This report focuses on how Samsung company become world’s famous by applying three strategy namely pricing,placing and promotion. secondary method of data collection was used for this report
Company Background: Samsung is a South Korean multinational company those starting its business as a small trading company and right now becoming world largest corporation. The company deals with its business in several sectors such as advance technology, finance, petrochemical, semiconductors, plant construction, skyscraper, medicine, fashion, hotels, chemical and others. The company was established in 1969 in Suwon, South Korea and known globally for its electronic products (Kelly, 2011). The company is manufacturing several latest technologies, electronic appliances such as mobile phones, tablets, laptops, TVs, refrigerators, air conditioners, washers and other products. The company runs its operations and sales its products in 61 countries with approx 160,000 employees in all over the world (SAMSUNG, 2014). Moreover, the company acquired the position of the world biggest IT maker in 2009 by beating the Hewlett-Packard (HP) previous leader. Its sales revenue in the segment of LCD and LED is the highest in the world. Furthermore, Samsung also becomes world leader in the segment of tablets, mobile phones and gadgets.
A South Korean Company that Operates in China This report address’s the requirements at hand to select a South Korean company that has operations in China Executive Summary: In 1992, Samsung Electronics adopted the form of a wholly owned subsidiary as the entry mode into China. It’s entry into China was in order to maintain growth due to the tough competition in Korea. China was selected in order to take advantage of its low wages for the mass production of low to medium priced products.
Samsung is one of the world’s premium electronics manufactures. The estimated value of Samsung brand had risen from US$6.37 billion in 2001 to US$10.85 billion in 2003. A major factor behind this impressive growth had been Samsung’s effort to redefine itself as a vendor of cutting-edge, “gee-whiz” consumer technology. Samsung believed that repositioning the brand is a vital to the company’s future success.