Innovation and Design Strategy

In its early growth period Samsung adopts the strategic of a “budget” brand producer in most consumer electronics markets as it could not compete with high technological products and better quality consumer’s item

In order for the overall-cost leadership strategy to make Samsung profitable it relied on various components in order to produce technologies that have been developed by other firms and charged at a lower cost. The main factor includes Samsung’s ability to scout for locations that would allow to keep manufacturing costs to a minimum, while maintaining a high-volume production due to lower profit margins. The reliance of pushing for high-volume production proved to be vulnerable to the external threat of economic turmoil (Asia, 1997) that led to high inventory costs that came to the point that Samsung was

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

Samsung is growing at an incredible speed. It proved by time that it is a global leader in technology. To compete and win in the markets globally, they focus on how to attract the best talented persons and how to provide them a corporate culture so that each of them can surpass. Through unprecedented, well-founded products and services; skilled gifted people; a responsible procedure to business and global citizenship; and cooperation with their partners and customers, Samsung is taking the world to unbelievable new directions. One of their beliefs is that when life and technology strike and collide, you'll definitely find a great story. Samsung's philosophy is based mainly on their strong purpose for growth and permanent innovation. Samsung looks for cooperative and creative visionaries to run their companies. By attracting skillful managers and evolving their organization’s culture to support them, they encourage innovative ideas that progress technology, produce new products and improve or upgrade their customers’ everyday lives.

Samsung desires to be the leader in technological development and standardization in the global networks. In their DS Division they want to be produce differentiated products and to maintain their number one position. With it’s success in the electronics business, Samsung has been recognized globally as an industry leader in technology and now ranks as a top 10 global brand. Also, in 2014, Samsung had the opportunity to be by Intrabrand’s “Best Global Brands 2014” report as number seven.

The company has set up its production facilities in low costs countries. This allows producing goods with low production cost and benefits Samsung as it can offer lower price and earn higher

Samsung has been dedicated to making a better world by reaching a diverse range of businesses involving advanced technology, skyscraper and plant construction, finance, hotels, and more. Samsung is known for their flagship company, Samsung Electronics, that now leads the global market in high-tech electronics manufacturing and digital media. This company is well known around the world.

There are a surplus of products such as batteries, hard drives, televisions, air conditioners and Smartphone being manufactured by Samsung. Samsung electronics is spread across 80 countries and has developed a reputation by emphasizing on innovation in its management strategies. Samsung has got a bunch of sections within their organization, stretching from technology, manual labour work, markets and consumers. As a worldwide company with roughly 200,000

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).

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.

Samsung had achieve great success in past year which its low-end strategy, low cost position in competition and great job as a copycat. Samsung 's develop a cost leadership strategy with its economic of scale, they had an adaptive culture and quick responsiveness to external environment change,

Although it took Samsung some time before getting into the smartphone business, in 2011 the company came in with the introduction of its Android based Galaxy smartphones. The company was still able to catch up more than anyone else to match up with Apple. Instead of recreating Apple’s products the iPhone, Samsung used another dimension to position its product by differentiating with features, larger screens and aggressive marketing campaigns. Samsung was willing to spend more on research and development in order to be able to produce exactly what consumers

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.