Sony vs Samsung: The Inside Story of the Electronics Giants' Battle For Global Supremacy
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (733 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0470823712 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 250 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Andrew Nam said Great book on very different corporate cultures, strategies and histories. A great, easy read on business history, which spells out the vast differences between two seemingly similar electronics firms. It also brings a greater understanding as to how Samsung Electronics, being such a late starter and technologically handicapped competitor, came to become a world leader in Display and Mobile technologies with the help of digitalization.The book outlines the organizatio. "A little dated already but still relevant and interesting" according to jkaki. The author does an interesting analysis of the challenges facing each company, how differing strategies were not necessarily the reason for Samsung's ascendency and Sony's descent from the top, but rather how Samsung's corporate culture and politics were better suited to adapt than Sony's. This book is only a few years old, but though it speaks of the iPod phenomenon it doesn't mention the iPho. M. T. Puglia said A Must Read for Investors in Asian Markets. A very detailed analysis of not just Sony and Samsung, but a window on the inner workings of Japanese and Korean business groups as a whole and particularly the electronics manufacturing and technology space. As a market practioner with access to sell-side research from any number of houses, I have found it difficult finding work that even approaches the level of depth and detail displayed in t
The author examines these contributions in detail and in doing so reveals much about each company’s approach to global expansion and their key factors for success and failure.Sony vs. Rather, organizational processes and executive leadership also contributed significantly to their performances. The market capitalization of Sony fell below that of Samsung for the first time. From the Inside Flap In 2002 a milestone occurred in the electronics industry. Samsung examines the challenges that Samsung faces, despite its remarkable performance, while evaluating Sony’s potential, despite its current struggles. Why did the performance of Sony, which once dominated the global electronics industry,drop so rapidly while Samsung
in strategic management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Dean's Fellow. Sea-Jin Chang is a Kumho Asiana Group Endowed Chair Professor of Business Administration at Korea University. He also had visiting appointments at Stanford Business School, INSEAD, London Business School, Hitotsubashi University, and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to his return to Korea, he was a professor at the
Both academics and practitioners will learn a lot from this book." —Stephen J. Rather, it emerges from major decisions that are deeply rooted in the companies' organizational processes and their executives' political behavior. The interwoven and very detailed case studies of two very different companies in overlapping industries illuminate problems such as adaptation to technological change (analog to digital), organizational flexibility and globalization. This is a very valuable contribution to the international business literature. Contrary to popular belief, Chang shows that success (or failure) does not simply arise from different strate