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Reflection On Samsung

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This reflection is about Samsung and the way it became successful in such a short time. Over the past 20 years Samsung changed from a low-cost original equipment manufacturer to a world leader in research and development, marketing strategy and design. The main aim of the article is to clarify the reasons of the success of Samsung. It is clear that the purpose of this article is to inform the readers about the causes of the success of Samsung.

The first cause is the integration of Western business practices into their own Japanese practices, so Samsung would not only be successful in Japan, but in the Western part of the world as well. Secondly the employees of Samsung were motivated with a system of promotion and salary bonuses, which resulted …show more content…

Another plus of this article is that it is well written, in a neatly structured while using clear language and maintaining the reader’s attention. After reading the article you will have a better view of the success of Samsung, which strategy was used and how Samsung executed this strategy. Enough background information about Samsung is provided to get a good general understanding of the company. This article also clarifies that if a business wants to be globally successful, it has to adopt various practices. Therefore, this article is relevant to the content of introduction to international business because the international problems which Samsung faced are explained together with the solutions of Samsung. Furthermore, this article is quite recent (2011) and is about emerging economies, which is still current in our global economy. Another good aspect is that the authors added extra information such as images with useful content which clarifies the combination between the Western system and the Japanese system. These were, in my opinion, good aspects of this article. However, the article also has a few aspects which were not as satisfying. To begin with, nearly all of the content discussed in the introduction is covered in the following text, which is a good thing. However, there is not a lot of information about the paradox of Samsung’s

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