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How Japan Lost Its Electronics Crown
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Starting in 2009 Samsung's investment in R&D exceeded the same investment by competitors Sony and Panasonic. By 2011 this gap had widened, as Samsung spent $8.7 billion on R&D in 2011, Panasonic $6.6 billion and Sony $5.5 billion for their fiscal years. This is a result of Samsung's having captured a larger portion of the market and profits in recent years. In the U.S. Samsung has 50% of the market for LCD television sets. Now Sony and Panasonic have reached an agreement to join together their efforts for production technologies to produce OLED television sets, the next generation technology for television. Sony and Panasonic are also working on changing their mindset that focussed on technological advancement and less on delivering consumer friendly technology at attractive price points. Sony developed the first e-reader in 2004, and developed the first OLED set in 2007. But the e-reader lacked the software capabilities of the e-readers developed later by Amazon and Apple. For OLED the production technology was lacking for Sony to produce it at commercially viable prices for mass production. Now Sony prefers to let S. Korean competitors take the lead, and hopes to come from behind by combining critical areas of technological development with Panasonic. Samsung and LG Electronics will bring new 55 inch OLED sets to the market in late 2012. Panasonic and Sony have new CEO's who are faced with developing strategies for a rebound. Panasonic CEO, Kazuhiro Tsuga, is keen on changing the mindset of the company back to the consumer. He told a news conference recently: "Japanese firms are too confident about our technology and manufacturing prowess. We lost sight of the products from the consumer's point of view."
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Sharp Corp. performance
07/25/2011
Grouped Articles
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Sharp Seeks to Spin Off LCD Panel Unit
Wall Street Journal 04/06/2015
Sharp Nears Deal With Lenders on Debt-for-Equity Swap
Wall Street Journal 04/18/2015
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Wall Street Journal 05/12/2015
Sharp Restructuring Plan Fails to Impress
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Sharp Corp. management
07/25/2011
Grouped Articles
Sharp to Raise Up to $1.67 Billion
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Sharp Seeks to Spin Off LCD Panel Unit
Wall Street Journal 04/06/2015
Sharp Nears Deal With Lenders on Debt-for-Equity Swap
Wall Street Journal 04/18/2015
Sharp Shares Plunge Ahead of Restructuring
Wall Street Journal 05/12/2015
Sharp Restructuring Plan Fails to Impress
Wall Street Journal 05/15/2015
Sharp to Explore Options for LCD Panel Business
Wall Street Journal 08/03/2015
The problems facing Sony after developing the first e-reader in 2004 and the first OLED set in 2007- lack of a consumer mindset
04/22/2010
Competition from lower cost manufacturers adds to earlier problems of not keeping a consumer point of view for new products. A problem common to many of Japan's electronics companies.
Linked Articles
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