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Samsung: The Internet of Things

Paul Okundaye; Nicole R.D. Haggerty;

商品編號:9B19E020
出版日期:2019/09/13
再版日期:2019/09/13
商品來源:Ivey
商品主題:International Business; Information Systems
商品類型:Case (Pub Mat)
涵蓋議題:technology;investment;innovation;escalation of commitment;sunk cost fallacy
難易度:4 - Undergraduate/MBA
內容長度:11 頁
地域:South Korea
產業:Information; Media & Telecommunications;
事件年度:2016

In 2014, the Internet of things (IoT) was still considered in its infancy stage. Over the next two years, the IoT matured and represented a considerable amount of uncertainty for the entire electronics industry. In 2016, the industry was at an inflection point regarding the technology, and its largest competitors had to make a choice: risk investing in research and development for a potential return (or failure), or stay the course and let competitors assume the risk. The chief executive officer of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung), Boo-Keun Yoon, was in a position to take a stand in regard to the IoT and invest US$1.2 billion, which could have a major impact on the company’s future. It was up to Yoon to decide.

教學手冊:8B19E020;
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