Change, Volume 19, Number 1, pp. 81–116 doi:10.1093/icc/dtp032 Advance Access published June 22, 2009 Who profits from innovation in global value chains?: a study of the iPod and notebook PCs Jason Dedrick, Kenneth L. Kraemer and Greg Linden This article analyzes the distribution of financial value from innovation in the global supply chains of iPods and notebook computers. We find that Apple has captured a great deal of value from the innovation embodied in the iPod, while notebook makers
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BUSINESS ETHICS AND CSR IN THE CONTEXT OF SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS 1.0 Introduction In the 21st century of business, there are number of factors apart from the financial figures that play a vital role for the success story of the business corporations. These factors include the culture adopted by the business, philosophy of the management of the company, code of ethics and standards followed by business. The presence of all of these factors in the business’s ethical guidelines has a significant
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innovation as well as keeping their advancements confidential. The one issue that has been brought up in regards to ethics has been in regards to Intellectual property. They have filed numerous lawsuits against companies such as Cisco systems and Samsung. Some question whether Apple has a legitimate argument in regards to copyright infringement on these companies or if they are doing it for their own advantages. In today’s competitive markets I can understand why they may bring so many lawsuits against
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1. Executive Summary The report was conducted to analyze from marketing strategies perspective why Xiaomi has made such a big success in smart phone business since it was founded in 201, and to make some recommendations for its further success. The methods used in the report include external analysis (customer analysis, competitor analysis, market analysis and environmental analysis), internal analysis (performance analysis and determinants of strategic options) and analysis of strategic
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smartphone development, created a range of amazing sale records and became one of the largest smartphone sellers in China. However, people who are non-Chinese, normally, never heard about Xiaomi smartphone. Living in a market which is led by iPhone and Samsung, people even do not have the interest to know what Xiaomi is. For this reason, Xiaomi is facing a huge challenge because of the remaining leaders. To deal with this situation, Xiaomi should keep their special advantages and avoid current problems
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1. Sony is currently pursuing an operations strategy where most of its high-definition TV production is contracted to other firms. By contrast, Samsung is committed to keeping production of its TVs in-house. Why do these firms pursue different operations strategies for basically the same products? Advantages of Sony using the “Buy” (Outsource) strategy: • Allow Sony to concentrate resources on unique applications like movies, video games, and music. • The fastest growth is in low-end televisions
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AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ON LCD TELEVISION [pic] Submitted to: Ms. Shikha Singh Submitted By Sushant Aneja Acknowledgments We would like to express our deep gratitude to Professor- Ms. Shikha Singh for her patient guidance, enthusiastic encouragement and useful critiques on this project work. We would also like to thank our professor for her advice and assistance in framing the questionnaires
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evidenced by a closer tie between its partner Google Inc. and its rival Samsung Electronics Co., as Samsung has replaced HTC as Google's top partner in the Android camp to launch cutting-edge devices, Chen said. Although the world's first smartphone running on Google's Android system was made by HTC in 2008, such strong partnerships appear to have faded during the past two years when Samsung became more aggressive in supply chain integration and brand marketing, he noted. In the April-June period
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Samsung Electronics Contents Overview Business Units Corporate Vision Performance Indicators Brand Excellence Corporate Citizenship 2 Overview 3 History 1972 Production of B/W TV sets began 1992 Company ranked world’s top DRAM supplier 1969 Company established 1980 Korea TelecommunicationsCorp. acquired 1995 TFT-LCD mass production began 1974 Wafer fabrication started 1988 Samsung Semiconductor & Telecommunications merged with Samsung Electronics
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CASE STUDY ANALYSIS REPORT ON SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT OF DELL COMPUTER CORPORATION Submitted By: Asmita Baz ACKNOWLEDGEMENT On the successful completion of the project, first and foremost I thank God, the Almighty without whose blessings the project would not have been a success. I take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude towards Mr. Subrata Kar (faculty of SCM,Globsyn Business School) under whose guidance I completed this project report. I wholeheartedly thank him
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