...Global strategy of LG Electronics as a leading Korean company Tomikazu Hiraga Senior research Fellow NLI Research Institute Economic recovery in advanced countries including Japan is still sluggish, although corporate financial performance has been recovering gradually. And companies whose business activities in emerging countries experiencing an economic boom account for a larger proportion tend to show better financial performance. Leading Korean companies have a larger presence in the world market and attract considerable attention. I will focus on LG Electronics, Inc., a leading company ranking with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. in the world’s electrical and electronics industries, with the largest market share in home appliances markets in important emerging countries, such as India, Brazil, and Indonesia, and relatively advanced management methods including corporate governance, which are highly valued, and will discuss features or important points of its global management and personnel strategy in this article. (Reference: Exchange rates as of August 5, 2010 were as follows. The Japanese yen/Korean won foreign exchange rate was approximately ¥0.074 to the Korean won. The Japanese yen/Indian rupee rate was approximately ¥1.87 to the Indian rupee. ) Leading Korean zaibatsu—The LG group The Korean zaibatsu (chaebol), a unique large companies group, is very influential in Korea’s corporate sector. Top 28 companies by market capitalization other than public corporations account...
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...Global strategy of LG Electronics as a leading Korean company Tomikazu Hiraga Senior research Fellow NLI Research Institute Economic recovery in advanced countries including Japan is still sluggish, although corporate financial performance has been recovering gradually. And companies whose business activities in emerging countries experiencing an economic boom account for a larger proportion tend to show better financial performance. Leading Korean companies have a larger presence in the world market and attract considerable attention. I will focus on LG Electronics, Inc., a leading company ranking with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. in the world’s electrical and electronics industries, with the largest market share in home appliances markets in important emerging countries, such as India, Brazil, and Indonesia, and relatively advanced management methods including corporate governance, which are highly valued, and will discuss features or important points of its global management and personnel strategy in this article. (Reference: Exchange rates as of August 5, 2010 were as follows. The Japanese yen/Korean won foreign exchange rate was approximately ¥0.074 to the Korean won. The Japanese yen/Indian rupee rate was approximately ¥1.87 to the Indian rupee. ) Leading Korean zaibatsu—The LG group The Korean zaibatsu (chaebol), a unique large companies group, is very influential in Korea’s corporate sector. Top 28 companies by market capitalization other than public corporations account...
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...LG targets to improve market share in home entertainment segment Published on: April 26, 2011 - 23:46 More in: * Business MUMBAI: Buoyed by surging income levels in the country, Korean consumer durables manufacturer, LG Electronics, is eyeing a 32 per cent market share in home entertainment products and Rs 20,000-crore revenue (from India) by end-this year. “Presently, we have a 29 per cent market share in home entertainment products in India and expect to up it to 32 per cent by December 2011,” LG Electronics India’s managing director, Mr Soon Kwon, told PTI here. “We are targeting around Rs20,000-crore revenue by end-2011 as against Rs 16,000-crore last year. We are growing fast in India and will continue to grow in the market,” he said. LG Electronics India has nine products in the segment and plans to launch more models in this segment in the coming days. “India is one of our key markets. Every year, we are launching some (new) models of home entertainment products in India. We will continue to launch more models in the coming days,” he said. Around 20 per cent of the company’s revenue comes from rural India and it plans to increase this by beefing-up its distribution by opening more outlets, he said. Presently, the company has 20,000 outlets pan-India. LG Electronics competes with Samsung, Philips and Whirlpool in the domestic market. India contributes 6 per cent to the company’s global revenue, he said, adding, “we expect it to double to 12 per cent in...
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...1.0 Introduction of LG Electronics Inc. LG Electronics Inc. is a South Korea multinational electronics company which is also known as the global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics. The LG Company was a merger of two Korean companies, Lucky and Goldstar, from which the “LG” abbreviation was derived. (Mariush,2012) The company’s headquarter is located in Yeouido-dong, Seoul and the flagship subsidiary of the LG Group. LG has a global sales of KRW (Korean Won) 54.26 trillion which is equal to USD 49 billion in the year 2011. The company operates its business with four business units: mobile communication, air conditioning & energy solution, home entertainment and home appliance. (LG, 2012) It has 75 subsidiaries operates around the world that design and manufacture its products. LG is the world’s second largest flat screen television-set maker after Samsung Electronics Co. (Lee, 2012) Home Entertainment The LG Electronics which is also known as the top global players in home entertainment produces flat panel displays, audio players, video products, monitors, commercial displays and security systems for the consumers and also the commercial markets. LG is not only focusing on creating full-features devices but it is also emphasizing on following the technology boundaries to improve the products. Mobile Communication LG has committed to provide the best ever user experience to expand the next generation of communication by inventing new technologies...
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...CONVERSION FACTORS FROM ENGLISH TO SI UNITS Length: 1 ft 1 ft 1 ft 1 in. 1 in. 1 in. 1 ft2 1 ft2 1 ft2 1 in.2 1 in.2 1 in.2 1 ft3 1 ft3 1 in.3 1 in.3 1 in. 1 in.3 1 ft/min 1 ft/min 1 ft/min 1 ft/sec 1 ft/sec 1 in./min 1 in./sec 1 in./sec 3 0.3048 m 30.48 cm 304.8 mm 0.0254 m 2.54 cm 25.4 mm 929.03 10 4 m2 929.03 cm2 929.03 102 mm2 6.452 10 4 m2 6.452 cm2 645.16 mm2 28.317 10 3 m3 28.317 103 cm3 16.387 10 6 m3 16.387 cm3 0.16387 0.16387 10 mm 10 4 m3 5 3 Coefficient of consolidation: Force: 1 in.2/sec 1 in.2/sec 1 ft2/sec 1 lb 1 lb 1 lb 1 kip 1 U.S. ton 1 lb 1 lb/ft 1 lb/ft2 1 lb/ft2 1 U.S. ton/ft2 1 kip/ft2 1 lb/in.2 1 lb/ft3 1 lb/in.3 1 lb-ft 1 lb-in. 1 ft-lb 1 in.4 1 in.4 6.452 cm2/sec 20.346 103 m2/yr 929.03 cm2/sec 4.448 N 4.448 10 3 kN 0.4536 kgf 4.448 kN 8.896 kN 0.4536 10 3 metric ton 14.593 N/m 47.88 N/m2 0.04788 kN/m2 95.76 kN/m2 47.88 kN/m2 6.895 kN/m2 0.1572 kN/m3 271.43 kN/m3 1.3558 N · m 0.11298 N · m 1.3558 J 0.4162 0.4162 106 mm4 10 6 m4 Area: Stress: Volume: Unit weight: Moment: Energy: Moment of inertia: Section modulus: Hydraulic conductivity: 0.3048 m/min 30.48 cm/min 304.8 mm/min 0.3048 m/sec 304.8 mm/sec 0.0254 m/min 2.54 cm/sec 25.4 mm/sec CONVERSION FACTORS FROM SI TO ENGLISH UNITS Length: 1m 1 cm 1 mm 1m 1 cm 1 mm 1m 1 cm2 1 mm2 1 m2 1 cm2 1 mm2 1m 1 cm3 1 m3 1 cm3 1N 1 kN 1 kgf 1 kN 1 kN 1 metric ton 1 N/m 3 2 3.281 ft 3.281 10 3.281 10 39.37 in. 0.3937 in. 0.03937 in. 2 Stress: 2 3 ft ft 1 N/m2 1 kN/m2...
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