Is Samsung an oringinal or a copy?

Documents presented in the Apple-Samsung case seem not to offer actual evidence that Samsung told its designers to copy the iPhone.

Groklaw goes on to lament:  “When everybody (both consumers and the industry) talk about UX, they weigh it against the iPhone. The iPhone has become the standard. That’s how things are already.”

And yet there appear to be no words that suggest the iPhone is to be copied.

Instead, one document ends with: “To everyone, he( the senior executive at Samsung) said you must think at least six months ahead; be the solution to the problems that related departments come looking for. Be people with creativity.”

The document is full of exhortation to do better and to focus on “comfort and ease of use.” Some would say that defines the iPhone.

I believe the main reason why recent court cases are happening is the goal of both Samsung and  Apple are identical.  And also, people are used to iphone when Samsung smart phones  are released.

‘Made in Japan’ used to instill a sense of confidence in buyers and made in china , on the other hand , is cheap ,cheap and cheap …

Made in Japan at one time was cheap, cheap, cheap and the Japanese companies made a concerted effort to change that image by changing their products (and was successful).
When Japanese made products have reputation, it means that japanese products are the well known to the global citizen by having certain quality that most of western countries consumer like it. It will bring Japanese in to the joining hand with other developed countries.

However,  is”  Made in China” a sign of low quality?

Bob Lutz wrote in his blogs that he bought a set of of patio dining furniture with supreme quality and low price, ” I didn’t have to look at the tiny, oval stickers: I knew it was Chinese.” 

And also, For the highest, world-class quality bonsai pots  are made in China.  In fact, today, many Japanese bonsai enthusiasts still prefer Chinese pots, especially kowatari containers.

When we laugh at the quality of Chinese-made merchandise, as with Japan, the joke may soon turn out to be on us.

In this June 2, 2011 photo, an employee works on the Zynga game, “FarmVille” at  Zynga headquarters in San Francisco.
Zynga, whose games include “FarmVille” and “Texas HoldEm Poker,” has seen its  stock price fall sharply in recent months. Meanwhile, John Schappert, Zynga’s chief operating officer, left in August after less than  a year and a half on the job. Schappert’s exit was followed by that of Mike  Verdu, the company’s chief creative officer. And in September Jeff Karp, the  chief marketing and chief revenue officer, left the company.

The price of a company’s stock is the trade price between the company and it’s clients. It is determined by the demand for and supply of the company’s products. Zynga’s stock price experienced a sharp fall lately and it reshuffled its executive ranks to deal with the downward stock. Will this work effectively?

I do not believe that reshuffle executives will bring a new scene of prosperity to Zynga. The change of executives governed body is not really related to an increase in demand for the company’s games. Maybe hiring some new creative officers to create better computer as well as mobile games will help Zynga better.

Business forecasting is the ultimate no-win game. You’re almost always wrong—except on those rare, random occasions where actual sales come in exactly on forecast—and you get beat up routinely for your “lousy forecasts.” The question boils down to: Why do forecasts always seem to be so wrong…and sometimes so terribly wrong?

Mike Gilliland wrote in his blog why our forecasts are not as accurate as we would like them to be is because of unsuitable software. It is also possible that untrained or inexperienced forecasters misused it.

I, however, believe that technological problems do not play such a significant part in business forecasting. Forecasting should be a dispassionate and scientific exercise seeking a “best guess” at what is really going to happen in the future. A very qualified forecast is a guess  including every aspect that might happen in business. It is rather a guess than a number. A forecaster need accurate statistics of the business’s past to forecast. As long as there are no mathematical problems, the softwares are qualified.

Perfect competition is a concept used to explain some economic concepts, but it does not exist in real life anywhere. What does exits is a near perfect competition. Monopoly is, in a way, the opposite of perfect condition, in which a single firm or supplier has complete control over market prices and supplies.

True Monopoly generally exist only in government controlled markets. For example provision of civic services such as sewage disposal is generally monopoly of local self government bodies such as municipal corporations.

Monopoly in private business are rather rare, and even then they only approach monopolistic power bur are not perfect monopolies. The conflicts between Rogers and Bell is a good example of private business. If Bell succeeds in purchasing both CTV and Astral, there is no doubt that Bell will have monopoly in market price.

My analysis indicates that true monopoly is really rare because almost all companies have rivals in thier fields. In the mobile world, we have Appple and Samsung. In the area of car, Benz and BMW are competitors.

SWAROVSKI is driven by quest for perfection, belief in the power of  innovation and the leader style based on awareness of responsibility for employees and environment

CHALLENGE#1:SWAROVSKI is facing the challenge to formulate the way in which sales force would gain understanding of
clients and then formulate individualized plans that would be mutually beneficial.

STRATEGY: SWAROVSKI will deal with the challenge through developing a comprehensive selling/consultation training program,
including the establishment of in-house training capabilities, to be key to accomplishing
these objectives.

CHALLENGE#2: SWAROVSKI has to have a comprehensive understanding of consumer needs. “We recognized the need to formalize our client sales and consulting processes to help us
capture client needs on an individual basis as well as through our overall marketing
strategies,” says Camus.

STRATEGY: 1.Selecting AchieveGlobal Singapore as their partner.

2. Identify 14 locations in Asia as their audience.

3.equip employees with the skills they would need to succeed, thereby increasing Swarovski’s market share.Building on AchieveGlobal’s Account Development Strategies (ADS) module,
Swarovski incorporated elements into their own Sales Information Systems, a component
of their CRM strategy.

MITSUBISHI is one of Japan’s largest general trading company, operating approximately 200 operating bases in 80 countries worldwide. Operating in energy, metals, machinery, chemicals, food and general merchandise, the company is also engaged in information technology, communication, finance, consumer logistic and health care.

Strengths: 1.MITSUBISHI has diverse markets. See the introduction part above.

2.MITSUBISHI has great image globally. Founded in 1870, Mitsubishi Mail Steamship Company inaugurated service to China and became the first Japanese company to open an overseas route. It leased and then purchased the Nagasaki Shipbuilding Yard from the government in 1884 and later engineered Japan’s first domestically produced steel steamship there.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
(around 1885)

3. MITSUBISHI has strong researching and developing power.

NIKON I (1947)The first television set marketed by Mitsubishi Electric (1953)

Japan’s first series-production passenger car, the Mitsubishi Model A (1917)

4. MITSUBISHI insists on the observance of firm ethical principles in business dealings. After the outbreak of WWI in 1914, the governor of MITSUBISHI called on all the Mitsubishi employees to redouble their commitment to integrity and fairness.

Weaknesses: 1. MITSUBISHI depends too much on Japan’s domestic market.

2. The brand is old and expensive.

“The product is old … and the prices are too high.”

That’s what Mitsubishi Australia’s new president and chief executive Mutsuhiro Oshikiri thinks about the current product range offered by the Japanese brand. (lol)

. CHANEL, focusing on fashion, accessories, fragrance, make up, skin care, fine jewelry and watches, ranked as number 2 for fashion and number 1 for cosmetics in the World Luxury Associations’ Top 100 Luxury Brands for 2012. Being a powerful leader of today’s fashion world, CHANEL reinforces it’s leading position by helding fashion shows.

With Keira Knightley talking about fragrance COCO MADEMOISELLE, the most suitable words to describe CHANEL are enchanting and luxury.I just can not help myself from loving the advertisement of perfume COCO Noir which is ” Though black…light revealed”. CHANEL’s classic combination of black and white differ itself from other world famous cosmetic brands such as Dior and LANCOME.  http://www.chanel.com

James writes in Premium brands need premium content that using social media cheapens the consumer experience of the brand by being too available. Since fast food industries put brands on kid’s brains, how can CHANEL interest the new generations without the help of vast social media?

CHANEL is an enchanting brand because it has it’s own story. These stories are told through capitvaiting chanel movies which paint out the brand image of CHANEL. Soft focus pulls, pastel hues and inventive audio motifs give us a subtext of sexuality, playfulness and premium that Chanel own so well.