I read an article which told me that Samsung marked the 70th anniversary of its founding on March 22. It was very interesting because I didn’t know that Samsung had a long history like that.
Samsung is one of the most successful corporations in Korea. Needless to say about its influence on Korean economy, it actually marked its sales to 152 trillion won in 2006, 14.2 trillion won in net profit, and 64 trillion won in export. But then, now what? So far, Samsung seems to be the most successful company in Korea. However, there are some critical threats that can damage Samsung’s strength seriously.
Samsung is now facing a huge legal problem. The lawyer who worked for Samsung came out of the company, and he revealed some serious illegal actions that Samsung did in the past. Even though no one thinks that Samsung will collapse because of this matter, Samsung is having a hard time. In addition, the global market seems to be not so easy to Samsung. Although Samsung did make a great job in the past, there is no certain prediction that Samsung will go on its business successfully in the future. In short, Samsung is now facing some threats that can seriously damage its business career, which means Samsung is in need for solutions.
There are two kinds of solutions that can be done to help Samsung come out of this situation. First, the government and social organizations should give Samsung some kind of a favor. Even though Samsung made some illegal mistakes, why don’t we give it a break? Korea is now the 12th rich nation in the world, and everyone agrees that Korea is going its way to become an advanced country. However, without Samsung still competing in the global market, Korea will not be strong enough to keep on developing. It is certain that Samsung got lessons from this matter, so why don’t we just give it a favor?
Second, Samsung itself should keep go on developing its strength. Great deeds in the past and possessing lots of money in current situation, doesn’t mean that it will be the same in the future. Samsung should make some dramatic movement to fulfill the challenge that it’s facing. They should invest more money on R&D, and they should pick great young people to lead its future. Not only excellent in academic skills, but also fulfilling the need of honesty in the environment. In short, they should pick HGU students.
Reference : http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSOD&mid=sec&sid1=108&oid=014&aid=0001955903
20700273 Entry 4
Friday, April 4, 2008
Samsung, the pride of Korea
Woori Bank to Cut Money Transfer Fees
Reference;
http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2008/04/123_21942.html
20601008 - 4th Entry
LG Telecom Launches Open Internet for Mobiles
LG Telecom mad a new challenge to local mobile internet environment by launching an open, full-browsing internet service at a low price. They Launched the Oz service on Thursday, with an attractive fixed-rate plan that allows unlimited data download for 6000 won per month (It is $6 per month). The CEO of LG telecom, Jung ll- Jae said that before Oz, phone users had to visit firms’ portal sites to gain access to the mobile Internet and they had to pay for information which was free for PCs. Now they will develop an open Internet world for mobile phones where everyone can enjoy the Internet. Mobile Internet services in Korea are provided in a closed portal from each telecom companies. Mostly, they are slow, hard to customize. Also, users, internet companies and foreign phone makers were frustrated by this too. Portals are notorious for charging users for services and data subscription fees were much higher than broadband Internet fees for PCs. The CEO had decided that it is time to open up the mobile Internet environment for users to freely go to the websites just like using PCs. LG telecom first introduced two premium handsets from LG Electronics and Japan’s Casio for the launch of the Oz service. However, the CEO’s mind is to sell more than ten models in 2008. Just the reminder, the overall users for each top three Telecom firms in South Korea is 22.4 million for SK Telecom, 13.9 million for KTF and 7.9 million for LG telecom. SK Telecom and KTF have been investing to establish the third-generation (3G) platform(WCDMA), which allows face to face video call services. LG telecom has gone a separate way and improved its existing 2G network with much less investment. They focused on implementing the full screen PC internet interface onto the small phone screen.
http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2008/04/123_21896.html
20620042 entry #4
Google's green light: turbulent ad war
20700067 entry 4
reference: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2008/tc20080311_855889.htm?chan=innovation_branding_top+stories
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