Japanese Kaisha

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Japanese Kaisha(??)

• Sony Corporation

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Introduction

• Company Name Sony Corporation
• Founded May 7, 1946
• ??? (1908-1997)
• ????(1921-1999)

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Company Size

• Employees 162,000 persons (as of March 31, 2004)
• Sales and operating revenue (2003) 7,496,400
  million yen

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The origin of "Sony"

• The company name "Sony" was created by combining
  two words. One is 'sonus' in Latin, which is the
  root of the such words as 'sound' and 'sonic'.
  The other is 'sonny' meaning little son. The
  words were used to show that " Sony" is a very
  small group of young people who have the energy
  and passion toward unlimited creation.

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• Product and Service
• Electronic
• Game (PlayStation )
• Music
• Anime
• Internet (so-net)
• Finance (Bank, Insurance)

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Organizational Structure
http//www.sony.net/SonyInfo/CorporateInfo/executi
ve/index.html
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Control and Manage

• Representatives Chairman and Group CEO,
  Representative Corporate Executive Officer,
  Member of the Board Nobuyuki Idei(?? ??)
• President, Representative
  Corporate Executive Officer, Member of the Board
  Kunitake Ando(?? ?? )

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Breakdown of shares by shareholders (end of March
2004)
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What influence Operation??

• Culture
• Technology

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Comment

• Similarities
• Size Diversity (range of products)-large, low,
  specialized activities, focus on core competences
• Management-Professional, recruited within the
  corporate family
• Relationships with other firms- Long team formal
  relationships in horizontal Keiretsu(??) groups

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Difference

• Investment in management by owners
• e.g. layoff employees

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• THE END

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Group member

• 013138 Lee Yu Fat (Leader)
• 013025 Wong Chi Keung Matthew
• 013095 Kong Tsz Kin Colin
• 013103 Wong Yuen Shan Michelle
• 013109 Chan Ching Lun Allen
• 013111 Wong Pak Kei Anthony
• 013135 Ho Si Mon Simon
• 013143 Chow Wai Man Tim