...S w 9B11M007 SHARP CORPORATION: BEYOND JAPAN1 Derek Lehmberg wrote this case solely to provide material for class discussion. The author does not intend to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a managerial situation. The author may have disguised certain names and other identifying information to protect confidentiality. Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation prohibits any form of reproduction, storage or transmission without its written permission. Reproduction of this material is not covered under authorization by any reproduction rights organization. To order copies or request permission to reproduce materials, contact Ivey Publishing, Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 3K7; phone (519) 661-3208; fax (519) 661-3882; e-mail cases@ivey.uwo.ca. Copyright © 2011, Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation Version: 2012-07-06 Mikio Katayama was the president of Sharp Corporation, a company that in the last 10 years had become recognized as a top-notch competitor in electronics products, leaving behind its image as a second-rate player. Sharp could brag about its leading positions in the Japanese cell phone handset and TV set markets as well as its worldwide reputation as a leader in liquid crystal display (LCD) technology. Despite these successes, however, the outlook for Sharp was far from optimistic. In the spring of 2009, Sharp reported its first loss since...
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...Refrigerators, Plasma cluster Air Purifiers and ion generators, Air-conditioners, Vacuum Cleaners, Small home appliances … Division: Solar Photovoltaic, Mono crystalline, poly crystalline, thin Vision and Mission: “Make products that others want to imitate” Ever since the establishment in 1912, innovation has been an integral part of our corporate philosophy. Correspondingly, the company's name Sharp is derived from our first major invention made in the year 1915, the “Ever Sharp Pencil”, the first mechanical retractable pencil in the world. Our goal has been and will be to win our customers' and partners' confidence through honesty and creativity. We are open to new things and oriented towards our customers' and users' wishes. External Factors: Main factors that will affect the growth of organization: Political Sharp sales subsidiary connects with 80+ countries; political factors vary from country to country. In addition, these factors can change dramatically at any time as governments have the power to introduce any new regulations, impose tariffs or taxes. Sharp as a company is also affected for not manufacturing or selling its products in countries where sanctions are imposed. Economical Other critical and important factor is the economical down turn. EU crisis, the ongoing GCC market concern evolving the Arab spring are the factors affecting. Moreover, considering the nature of products, the economic indicators i.e. GDP growth rates, the level of disposable...
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...Sharp • Known for its televisions • Origins in mechanical pencils • With Sharp struggling as a consumer-electronics company, the company will ramp up an experiment they started in July, 2013 – Strawberry farming. • Sharp’s LED lights, sensors, and air-purification system are key inputs into the growth of the strawberries. • Will not enter business of selling strawberries. • The company wants to create an agricultural engineering business that will focus on factory design, technology that monitors growing conditions, and maintenance. • The company will also begin to sell sensors that will enable companies to monitor the purification of the air. • Shift from consumers to business customers. Since Sharp’s conception, they have had two major shifts in their core business. Originally a mechanical pencil maker, the company has, now, long been known for consumer electronics, namely their TVs. With their consumer-electronics suffering, and reporting of a $5.3 billion net loss, the company could be forced to shift their corporate level strategy. Sharp has started a project in which they will be growing strawberries in a controlled location near Dubai. They will be gathering data on how its cultivation techniques work to “achieve stable production of high-quality strawberries.” The company will not enter the business of selling strawberries, but rather an agricultural engineering business that will focus on technology to monitor growing conditions. With that said, Sharp is...
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...Club IT, Part One Mike Wilkinson BIS/219 August 16, 2010 Jeffery Comrie . Club IT is the new hot spot that recently opened in San Francisco, Ca. The purpose of this paper is to explain Club Its mission statement, primary cliental, the systems management, the function of IT, and their competitive strategy to help advance in business. Club Its mission statement, “We, Ruben and Lisa, offer you live music, DJ's, dance space and refreshments that suit your lifestyle. You are our friends, and we seek to build a community that meets regularly at Club IT” (Rainer, 2000-2007). Club IT is a dance club for young and middle aged adults. Club It offers an atmosphere filled with fun and energy. Live bands play on Friday and Saturday nights for people to enjoy. Monday through Thursday there is a Dj that plays hip-hop, techno, electronic and top 40’s until closing time. The bar has a variety of drinks to select from, along with finger foods and short order. Club Its purpose is to create a place within the community for people to enjoy. Ruben and Lisa both have degrees in business administration and handle all financial obligations. Although business is booming, Ruben and Lisa realize that their information management is lagging. Ruben and Lisa decide to hire someone to have new hardware and software upgrades installed. This will help Ruben, Lisa, and other employees to provide customers with a better service Installing new modern telecommunication will provide wide range...
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...Case study focuses on Camera Company, SMaL Camera Technologies, and its decisions on what to do so that they can get higher margins of profits. SMaL Camera Technologies general manager Maurizio Arienzo trying to decide which market areas should be targeted. The company has developed a revolutionary imaging technology that powered small digital cameras and camcorders. Its first generation product powers the credit card size consumer cameras was a success. Now, Arienzo had to decide whether to focus on the reflection of new competitors in the consumer space, stepping up efforts to crack the security and surveillance market, trying to get in the car market, the development of mobile phone camera, or make a “left turn.” SMaL Company came up with credit-size camera. SMaL’s ultra pocket camera was recorded in Guinness world. Autobrite technology allowed higher quality pictures in brightly lit conditions The first generation had been a commercial success for the company. There was a potential market for that. Small and Startup Company so faced challenges. SMaL should make a decision for the future. SMaL had copycats who enter the market but with different technologies or different specifications or even higher specifications. Pixim with combining CMOS and CCD. Foveon had X3 high quality image. Casio Exilim Company in 2003 in size of back pocket with 300$. The company had camera with more bargain qualities than their competitors. Unique benefits of Camera are light weigh -0.2ounces-...
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...Sharp Corporation Situation Analysis Introduction Over the past years, Sharp Corporation has experienced a steady decrease in corporate performance. From 2011 to 2012, Sharp Corporation experienced an 18% decline in revenue, a net loss of ¥376 billion, and a negative ¥44.5 billion cash position (Global Data 1). In addition, in 2012, Sharp reported a 75% decline in its share price. This report will consist of a situation analysis addressing Sharp Corporation’s three main performance problems: decreasing revenue, declining profits, and negative cash flow. Declining Revenues Poor Japanese Demand Decreasing domestic demand in Japan fueled Sharp’s decline in revenue during 2012. While Sharp Corporation has operations around the world, it generates a major portion of its revenue domestically. In addition, during fiscal 2012, 48.1% of total revenue came from Japanese markets (Global Data, 2012). Japanese demand for televisions, LCD screens, and solar panels, which are Sharp’s largest product lines declined following the termination of a government stimulus plan (Wakabayashi & Osawa, 2012). Poor forecasts and market analyses Sharp’s executive management implemented poor internal strategy by including dreadful forecasts and poor market analyses, which frequently contributed to Sharp’s decrease in revenue of 4% to ¥645.5 billion during the second quarter of 2012. First, Sharp misidentified LCD flat-screen televisions and solar panels, as key growth-driving businesses, and then...
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...CHAPTER I Introduction 1.1 Research Object Overview 1.2.1 Company History Samsung is a South Korean multinational conglomerate company that headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul. It was founded by Lee Byung-chul in 1938 as a trading company. Over the next three decades, the group diversified into some division including food processing, textiles, insurance, securities and retail. In the late 1960s, Samsung entered the electronics industry and expand its business to the construction and shipbuilding industries in the mid-1970s. These expansion would drive the business growth over the next years. After the Lee's death in 1987, Samsung was separated into four business groups – Samsung Group, Shinsegae Group, CJ Group and Hansol Group. Since 1990s, Samsung has increasingly globalized its activities, and electronics, particularly mobile phones and semiconductors, have become its most important source of income. Nowadays, Samsung is acknowledged as a big company that has numerous subsidiaries and affiliated businesses. Most of them are united under the Samsung brand and it becomes the largest chaebol in South Korea. Figure 1.1.1 Logo 1.2.2 Vision and Mission a) Vision Statement b) Mission Statement Samsung Galaxy is a series of Android-powered mobile computing devices designed, manufactured and marketed by Samsung Electronics. At the latest of 2008, Samsung started to develop the idea of branded, full-touch smartphone interfaces...
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...Executive Summary: Faced with major losses from operations, Sharp Corporation’s president, Mikio Katayama, questioned the whether it was necessary to reform the current business operating model. Sharp’s current operating model contained several flaws. It placed sensitive, high-value-added operations such as research, development, and component manufacturing near its headquarters in Japan. Faced with threats such as intense industry competition, currency risks, very high transportation and utility costs, and extremely high infrastructure costs and high corporate tax rates, Sharp Corporation needs resources in the forms of new methods, technology, and approaches to doing business in the modern world. It is recommended that the company remodels their operating model in order to emphasize cooperation with other firms. Cooperation with other firms can take place in many forms, such as partnerships and joint ventures, and provides firms with many advantages. Sharp will greatly benefit from cooperative agreements since they are cost effective, provide financial support, and allow for more creative brainstorming. In addition, the economic risk is shared, and firms may help each other to tap into new technologies, methods, and approaches. Sharp Corporation needs outside help in order to achieve a turnaround. Joint ventures and partnerships with other firms open up the venue for such need. Problem Statement: Sharp Corporation is currently struggling with its financial position, aiming...
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...java class loaders http://onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2005/01/26/classloading.html 1. Bootstrap classes: the runtime classes in rt.jar, internationalization classes in i18n.jar, and others. Whenever a new JVM is started by typing java MyMainClass, the "bootstrap class loader" is responsible for loading key Java classes like java.lang.Object and other runtime code into memory first. The runtime classes are packaged inside of theJRE\lib\rt.jar file. 1. Installed extensions: classes in JAR files in the lib/ext directory of the JRE, and in the system-wide, platform-specific extension directory (such as /usr/jdk/packages/lib/ext on the Solaris™ Operating System, but note that use of this directory applies only to Java™ 6 and later). We can store extension libraries, those that provide features that go beyond the core Java runtime code, in the path given by the java.ext.dirs property. The ExtClassLoader is responsible for loading all .jar files kept in the java.ext.dirs path 1. The class path: classes, including classes in JAR files, on paths specified by the system property java.class.path. If a JAR file on the class path has a manifest with the Class-Path attribute, JAR files specified by the Class-Path attribute will be searched also. By default, the java.class.path property's value is ., the current directory. You can change the value by using the -classpath or -cpcommand-line options, or setting the CLASSPATH environment variable. The command-line options override...
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...Java Class MIS 304 is not a class for everyone. Not just any student should take the class. This class is structured to assist students in learning how to program using the Java language. This class does not make a student an expert in the language of Java, but instead gives the student the basic fundamentals needed to have practical use of the language and gives them a solid foundation upon which they can build if they choose to do so. The material covered in the class is adequate. Java can be a complex language to learn, but in MIS 304 one is taught the basics and nothing too detailed or complicated. The resources that are given to the students are very good. I know that the Java book used for the class is one of the best reference materials on Java that is on the market today. The lab facilities and proctors are also great resources. The only problem I feel that exists is that students don’t take advantage of the resources they have available. Students hardly look through their book for answering questions they might have. Also students hardly even bring their books to the lab when doing programs. They sometimes look for proctors to fix their problems instead of fixing it themselves. I think it should be emphasized to students that the proctors are not their to do the programs for them, but to rather help them figure out what is going wrong in their programs. Also it should be emphasized that the book should be with them when working on programs so that if questions or...
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...SD2720 Module 1 Java Basics Refresher Click Link Below To Buy: http://hwcampus.com/shop/sd2720-module-1-java-basics-refresher/ Lab 1.1 Creating Java Application In this lab, you will complete three tasks related to Java classes, their attributes, and error handling in a Java program. The task performed in this lab will help you understand how to break a complex software program into various classes by using object-orientated programming. Task 1 Scenario: Universal Bank offers various services to its customers. The bank has various branches all over the country and therefore, each branch has a unique code. The bank stores the details of its customers such as customer ID, customer name, account number, address, phone number, and email address. In addition, the bank offers its customers a choice of accounts, such as savings account, current account, and loan account. In addition, the bank stores its employee details, such as employee code, employee name, employee address, phone number, and email address. For the given scenario, complete the following: • Identify the various classes and their attributes used in this scenario. • Create a UML class diagram depicting the relationship among classes for the customer and employee information system of Universal Bank. • Create the Java code to implement the identified classes. • Assign values to the identified attributes. • Display the attribute values. Task 2 Scenario: Royal College offers different...
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...CSC 275 Lab 7 Instructor: Angela M. Fults Question Subject Line: CSC 275 Online Lab 7 Question You are to develop an entire program that simulates the way a game is handled in the random creation of its characters. Your program should have the ability to create one of 3 types of character. The choices should be an ogre, archer and a swordsman. Each of these characters will share many of the same types of attributes such as name, life and energy and these should be contained in the Super class that we will call Entity (because Character is already a class). Only the archer and the swordsman are playable, which leaves the ogre to be a Non-Player Character (NPC). This means that the Ogre will be a subclass of the Entity, while the archer and swordsman will be subclasses of Playable which is a subclass of Entity. Below is the diagram. [pic] The Playable class should extend the Entity class and should contain some additional methods that dictate the movement of the character by the user. Note that we will NOT be tracking the movement of the characters to help simplify the lab. The playable class should have a method for moving the character in the 4 standard directions (no diagonals allowed). So up, down, left and right. Class Name: Entity Class Level (global) Variables: strName - String intLife - Integer intEnergy - Integer Method Name: getStrName Parameters: None Desired Result: Accessor Data Returned: strName ...
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...Review Guide Table of Contents OOPS ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2 JAVA .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 C#....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Database/SQL ................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Web Development............................................................................................................................................................................ 7 SDLC................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 UML ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 11 1 Review Guide OOPS Resources: http://en.wikipedia...
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...http://goo.gl/Fu6hE CIS247C iLab 4 of 6: Composition and Class Interfaces/Abstract Class Click this link to get the tutorial http://goo.gl/Fu6hE | | | | Connect to the iLab here. | | | | | | | Submit your assignment to the Dropbox located on the silver tab at the top of this page.(See Syllabus "Due Dates for Assignments & Exams" for due dates.) | | i L A B O V E R V I E W | | Scenario and Summary | | The objective of the lab is to modify the Employee class to demonstrate composition and a class interface. An employee typically has benefits, so we will make the following changes: 1. Create a Benefits class. 2. Integrate the Benefit class into the Employee class. 3. Create an iEmployee abstract class to guarantee that calculatePay is implemented in the Employee class. A tutorial on interfaces can be downloaded here. Deliverables | Due this week: * Capture the Console output window and paste it into a Word document. * Zip the project folder files. * Put the zip file and screen shots (Word document that contains programming code and screen shots of program output) in the Dropbox. | i L A B S T E P S | | STEP 1: Understand the UML Diagram | | Employee - firstName : string - lastName : string - gender : char - dependents : int - annualSalary : double - static numEmployees : int = 0 +benefit : Benefit +Employee() +Employee(in fname : String, in lname : String...
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...Advantages and Disadvantages of Java v. .NET University of Phoenix CSS/422 .NET and Java There is no shortage of definitions for software architecture but in a general sense it is the blueprint for a system, its properties and the relationships among all of the elements. It specifies all of the actions to be taken by the design and implementations teams. There are various differences between .NET and Java Technology so there are certainly advantages and disadvantages to using one or the other as software architecture. The choice, however, depends on the scope of the project and the skill of the design team. Both .NET and Java have platforms that offer a good solid foundation for project design. Java Technology is the choice of many developers because of its work-saving features and ease of use. “.NET and web services are tightly integrated and it is easier to create a basic web service in .NET” (Ranck, 2002). Advantages A major advantage of .NET is that it allows for the use of multiple languages and horizontal scalability. This feature makes it an ideal choice by developers for software architecture if they want to write programs in C++, Java or Virtual Basic because it provides a unified environment in which to work. It is easily developed and supported. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for Java which is limited to use with the Java programming language only. Another advantage of .NET is that the interface is easily...
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