The result is appositive impact on its revenues. A slight slump in the demand for the telecommunication equipment creates a real threat to Samsung's profitability. It therefore has to engage its competitors through innovations. The company must therefore strive to invest as well as improve its businesses so as to protect its market share and financial stability. Poor profitability of Samsung securities Sony Corporation's Opportunities Growing industrial electronic as well as consumer

Kutagari's fervor did not impede him from researching potential of market for his idea -- another mark of the succesful entrepeneur. His persistence, belief in his work, tenacity, and originality led to the hugely popular Playstation that launched in December 1994 (Edge Staff, 2009). Kutagari, in other words, epitomized all that innovation requires. Firstly he chose an article that possessed the four qualities of 'opportunity': (2) Opportunity is attractive -- Playstation is

Undoubtedly, the main beneficiary of such fierce competition is the customer who will be able to choose among several reliable products (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/iPod). Thirdly, iPod has proved to be an excellent consumer-oriented item as it has made available revolutionary features (like modern design, lighter weight, high capacity) to the masses due to the average price established. Thus, in return for a moderate sum of money, people can take with them their

Sony External Analysis Dynamics of the Industry Using the 5-Forces Model Sony is a company with wide-ranging businesses in video gaming, film making, electronics and financial services. The dynamics of the industry include the following five forces: 1) competition, 2) bargaining power of buyers and customers, 3) bargaining power of suppliers, 4) threat of substitution, and 5) threat of new entrants. The first two forces are the strongest in the industry in which

What Sony needs to do is concentrate on creating a mobile Web-enabled series of devices, supporting services, and segmented digital content in both music-based and video content. In short, Sony needs to create an economic ecosystem that rivals the Apple ecosystem as shown in Figure 2, Apple Digital Content Ecosystem: Figure 2: Apple Digital Content Ecosystem Source: (Apple Investor Relations, 2009) The most critical objective for the three-year planning horizon for Sony

Loss Leaders A Sony NEX camera was on sale for $250 at Best Buy, as I gleaned from the newspaper insert. The price was fully half of what it was being offered for at other stores, even though it was a brand new camera. Surely this was one of their loss leaders, a pricing strategy that has "a history of bringing return customers, increased sales and new customers," (Griffin, 2012). Truthfully,