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 Samsung Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
At the core of it all, the Samsung Group is helmed by its chairman Kun-hee Lee.
Samsung's construction branch was awarded the contract to build one of the two Petronas Towers in Malaysia in September 1993 and the Burj Dubai in 2004, set to be tallest structure ever created by mankind.
Samsung survived the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 relatively unharmed compared to other major Korean firms, however, Samsung Motor Co, a $5 billion venture was sold to Renault at a staggering loss.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Samsung_Group   (1671 words)

  
 Samsung Electronics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Samsung Electronics (hangul:삼성전자; KSE: 005930, KSE: 005935, LSE: SMSN, LSE: SMSD), one of the largest electronics companies in the world, is headquartered in Seoul, Korea and is part of the Samsung Group.
The Samsung Group was founded in 1938 by Lee Byung-chul (1910-1987).
Samsung is one of the leading manufacturers of plasma displays and has built the image of an innovator.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Samsung_Electronics   (403 words)

  
 Samsung America Inc. -
Samsung does its utmost to help the socially marginalized regardless of their physical condition, age, gender or economic status to contribute to the growth and development of society.
Second, Samsung’s challenge in the international arena is aimed to lift the quality of life in the community to that of the level of advanced countries.
The core of Samsung’s social contribution lies in a virtuous cycle in which the competitiveness of the community helps grow Samsung, which in turn advances humanity.
www.samsungamerica.com /Graphics/samsunglove.asp   (217 words)

  
 Samsung SDSA - SDS America News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The booth's theme, "Upgrade your business with Samsung SDS," focuses on Samsung SDS' proven software and services and its vision of becoming a "Global e-Partner." Samsung SDS was initially developed to integrate all of Samsung Group's affiliated companies by establishing a permanent information management system that helped power the group's turnaround in the last decade.
Samsung SDS is ranked as the fourth largest global IT service provider in the Asia-Pacific market (by Gartner Dataquest research), employing 6,700 people worldwide, and generating US$ 1.02 billion in its revenues.
Samsung SDS is ranked the fourth largest global IT service provider in the Asia-Pacific market by Gartner Dataquest research and the 38th largest Software/IT Services Company in the world, by Software Magazine, in its 2001 survey of software companies.
www.samsungsdsa.com /news/news_view_20021111.html   (498 words)

  
 AsiaMedia :: KOREA: Samsung chairman faces summons
Investigators Tuesday summoned Samsung vice chairman Lee Hak-soo, widely considered the No. 2 man at the group, to confirm whether he was involved in the fund provision as revealed by audiotapes of conversation eavesdropped by the nation’s spy agency.
Political parties and civic groups, including the PSPD which based their complaint on the contents of the audiotapes, have raised concerns that the prosecution’s stance could result in a failure to get to the bottom of the case.
Seoul -- Samsung Group Tuesday held its collective breath over the news that Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee may be subject to a summons by prosecutors in connection with the bugging scandal.
www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=27955   (1117 words)

  
 Yun Jong-yong 1944— - TAKES OVER TROUBLED COMPANY, GOES TO WORK FOR SAMSUNG GROUP
Samsung Electronics not only shot to the front of the pack internationally but also lifted its parent Samsung Group to the number one spot in South Korea's all-important business rankings.
Samsung was forced to develop its own VCR technology to get the job done, since no other countries were willing to share their know-how with the South Korean company.
This Samsung subsidiary, which manufactured a wide variety of display devices, including computer monitors and flat-screen displays, in the early to mid-1990s was focusing much of its energy on the development of a cathode-ray tube for use in a 32-inch high-definition TV.
www.referenceforbusiness.com /biography/S-Z/Yun-Jong-yong-1944.html   (2501 words)

  
 Samsung SDSA - SDS America News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
New Jersey data center has no semblance to busy Samsung factories; it is a compact three story building in the middle of greens, yet it is where all activities in Samsung group are getting started.
Samsung group’s IT infrastructure including ERP, CRM, SCM and RDW that facilitate Samsung’s global management is initiated from New Jersey data center.
One Samsung SDS staff adds that Sony, GE and other foreign competitors are implementing similar IT management infrastructure and recently, LG Group has sent a delegation to SDS US Data center in an effort to implement its global management computing network.
www.samsungsdsa.com /news/news_view_20040517.html   (384 words)

  
 CNN.com - Samsung denies job cuts but units plan to trim - July 5, 2001
It said the group was focusing its efforts on spinoffs and voluntary resignations.
The group employed 175,000 worldwide at the end of last year, a third less than when it started restructuring in 1997.
Samsung Electronics, the group's flagship and the world's largest memory-chip maker, sees around 5 percent of its 43,000 workers leave each year.
archives.cnn.com /2001/BUSINESS/asia/07/05/korea.samsung/index.html   (461 words)

  
 Digital Camera Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The magnitude of the June 17th event was underscored by the fact that several top executives from Samsung Techwin Co., LTD were on hand and participated in the Program.
Samsung Opto-Electronics America, Inc., Secaucus, N.J., is the U.S. subsidiary of Samsung Techwin Co., Ltd., Sungnam Kyungki-Do, Korea.
Samsung Opto-Electronics markets a full line of auto focus cameras, zoom and digital cameras for the amateur as well as the professional under the Samsung brand name.
www.samsungcamerausa.com /newsdetails.asp?newsid=81   (367 words)

  
 ABC News: Samsung Group to Offer $800M to Charity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Samsung Group, South Korea's largest family-owned conglomerate, or chaebol, has been accused of dubious financial dealings, including allowing the family's children to take over the business without paying taxes.
Last year, Lee, a senior Samsung executive and a former newspaper publisher were investigated over suspicions they colluded to embezzle money from Samsung affiliates to provide campaign funds to candidates in the 1997 presidential election, and for alleged bribes.
Samsung said the pledged donation will consist of a scholarship fund worth 450 billion won ($466 million), which Lee and Samsung subsidiaries set up in 2002, and 350 billion won ($362 million) in personal assets from Lee's children.
abcnews.go.com /Business/wireStory?id=1589144   (377 words)

  
 IT100: Samsung Electronics Profile
Now, Samsung competes with Intel for leadership in flash memory chips, challenges Sony as the most coveted digital-TV brand, and threatens Nokia's cell-phone dominance with its multifunctioning mobile devices.
As of the end of March, 40% of Samsung's 66,586 workers were engaged in R&D activities, with 1 out of every 25 employees holding a PhD.
Samsung Electronics Co. was established in 1969 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
www.businessweek.com /it100/2005/company/SAM.htm   (470 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Tesco
Group profit before tax was £2.210 billion for the 52 week period and £2.235 billion including 60 weeks of non-UK and Ireland turnover.
Tesco has responded to the need to be sensitive to local expectations in foreign countries by entering into joint ventures with local partners, such as Samsung Group in South Korea, and Charoen Pokphand in Thailand (Tesco Lotus), appointing a very high proportion of local personnel to management positions.
Tesco is increasingly a target for people in the UK who disapprove of the effects supermarket chains can have on farmers, suppliers and smaller competitors.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tesco   (1050 words)

  
 Post-Scandals, Will Korea Break Up Samsung? - World Business- Newswee International Editions - MSNBC.com
The Lee family fortune is tied to the Samsung Group as a whole, not its star division, and is underperforming as a result.
In addition, analysts say, Samsung Life has about $100 billion in assets, mainly the proceeds of insurance premiums, that would cease to be at the group's disposal to, for example, fight off corporate raiders targeting another Samsung company.
Samsung vice chairman Lee Hak Soo (no relation to the founding family) said chairman Lee and top managers prepared these measures "with regret over [our] wrong practices in the past," and said Samsung would abandon attempts to block new chaebol-reform laws.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/11299331/site/newsweek   (2416 words)

  
 SAMSUNG's Digital World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
SAMSUNG Commercializes 7” WVGA LCDs with Single-Chip Driver...
SAMSUNG And NFL Greats To Kick Off 2006 Season With Inaugura...
SAMSUNG is proud to be affiliated with these great companies and partners.
www.samsung.com   (47 words)

  
 CNN.com - Samsung passes Hyundai as Korea's No. 1 - April 2, 2001
The ranking puts Samsung Group first with assets of $52 billion, or 69.9 trillion won.
Samsung has benefited recently by strong performance from its Samsung Electronics subsidiary.
Samsung had cut its number of subsidiaries to 40 as of the end of last year.
edition.cnn.com /2001/BUSINESS/asia/04/01/korea.samsung   (675 words)

  
 SAMSUNG's Digital World - Careers
The Samsung Group is a global organisation with subsidiaries of SEC existing worldwide; it may therefore be necessary to send Your Data within the Samsung Group including to companies outside the European Union.
This would mean Your Data being transferred and processed electronically by various members of the Samsung Group as well as possibly being located on servers outside the country where you originally entered the relevant information.
Your Data will not, however, be transferred to any third parties outside the Samsung Group and we have taken appropriate steps to ensure that it is treated in the strictest confidence as well as being held safely and securely.
www.samsung-europe.com /europe/pages/careers/disclaimer.aspx   (179 words)

  
 Samsung Jobs: Vault Jobs & Employment Profiles
The Samsung Group is far more than flat-screen TVs and cell phones.
This is especially true in South Korea, where on any given day you could attend a Samsung Lions game (the group's Korean professional baseball team); tour the Samsung Museum of Art; ride a rollercoaster at Samsung Everland, the largest amusement park in the country; or go on a shopping spree for me......
Samsung employee surveys are collected by Vault editors, Vault Gold Surveys provide detailed information on jobs and employment at specific employers.
www.vault.com /jobs-company/Samsung.html   (348 words)

  
 Company Profile: SAMSUNG GROUP
SEOUL - The Samsung Group said today it has revised upwards its investment and employment plans for this year, complying with government efforts to stimulate the flagging economy and create more jobs.
Samsung's investments will be focused on semiconductors, flat-panel displays and information technology products, group spokesman Lee Soon-dong said.
Samsung is a leading company in many high growth areas like flat screen monitors and cell phones.
www.shibuimarkets.com /perl/company.pl?cid=122519   (694 words)

  
 SAMSUNG's Digital World - About SAMSUNG Group | Corporate Identity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In 1993, SAMSUNG introduced a new corporate identity program in honor of its 55th anniversary and 5th anniversary of the introduction of the "second foundation." It was aimed to strengthen competitiveness by bringing the attitudes and behavior of all employees in line with SAMSUNG's desired perception by the public.
SAMSUNG's corporate logo was redefined to project SAMSUNG's firm determination to become a world leader.
The SAMSUNG name is now written in English, expanding its global presence throughout the world.
www.samsung.com /AboutSAMSUNG/SAMSUNGGROUP/CorporateIdentity/index.htm   (170 words)

  
 Korea creditors sue Samsung Group to recoup debts - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Under an agreement with the creditors, the group pledged to repay the debts by listing shares of Samsung Life, the country's largest life insurer, which was estimated at 700,000 won per share at the time.
Samsung officials insisted the group had no legal obligation to pay the debts and Lee was not legally responsible for the debt payment.
They accused creditors of trying to strong-arm the group into paying off the debts by threatening to cut off credit lines to the group at a time when it was weak as a result of the Asian financial crisis of 1997.
www.forbes.com /business/feeds/afx/2005/12/09/afx2380439.html   (535 words)

  
 SAMSUNG GROUP KOREAN CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, SUGAR AND SHIPBUILDING
Samsung (meaning "three stars" or "tristar" in Korean) was founded by Lee Byungchull.
Samsung anticipates volume growth in the second quarter with an expanded portfolio of high-end premium mobile phones that will include roll-outs of 2-megapixel and higher multi-functional slim phones and next-generation 3G HSDPA-based phones.
SAMSUNG's brand value increased to US$8.31 billion in 2002 from US$6.37 billion in 2001 and was recognized by Interbrand Corporation as the fastest growing global brand.
www.solarnavigator.net /sponsorship/samsung.htm   (3530 words)

  
 brandchannel.com | Samsung Brand | Top 100 Global Brands| brands | brand | branding news
Samsung Electronic’s high ranking at number 25 on the list doesn’t mean it has the competition beat.
At that time, Samsung was seen as a low-quality brand in a tough consumer electronic industry (Korean companies in general were associated with corporate scandal and Asia was in a financial crisis).
On the brand management end, Samsung took the now standard approach for any successful global company of mapping out a platform to determine what the Samsung brand stands for; this information is used to arrive at target segments, positioning, and brand architecture.
www.brandchannel.com /features_effect.asp?pf_id=168   (2404 words)

  
 Top 20 Encyclopedia
Samsung was founded in 1969 by Sam-eul Sung, and one of its subsidiaries, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
Samsung is recognized as being one of the top 10 brands in the world.
Samsung's construction branch was awarded the contract to build one of the two Petronas Towers in Malaysia in September 1993.
encyc.connectonline.com /index.php/Samsung   (513 words)

  
 samsung and samsung resources, samsung printer, samsung laser printer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Samsung is building a strong presence in Canada as it has all over the world samsung..
Samsung has creatively approached the Picsel Viewer on the D600, besides viewing data on the.
Samsung D600 is equipped with a 2 MP camera (CMOS matrix) samsung..
www.designsweb.info /samsung.html   (344 words)

  
 ABC News: Creditors File $4.6B Suit Against Samsung   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The creditors have asked Samsung Group to buy back the shares in Samsung Life Insurance at a price equal to Samsung Motor's unpaid debt and the interest.
"Samsung Motor creditors have urged Samsung Group to abide by the pact agreed in 1999, but Samsung's continued refusal to do so led us to sue them as a final action," Seoul Guarantee Insurance said in the statement.
After Samsung Motor collapsed in 1998 amid the Asian financial crisis, Samsung Group sold the unit to France-based auto group Renault in 1999.
abcnews.go.com /Business/wireStory?id=1388938&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312>   (351 words)

  
 prdomain | Samsung Group
The Samsung Group is one of leading electronics manufacturers in the world and a leader in the digital convergence revolution.
Samsung Corning Co.,Ltd is a joint venture with Corning of the USA to produce and sell electronic core parts (glass for TV and computer monitors ranging from 10 to 37 inches, Braun tubes, ITO coating glass for LCDs, and rotary transformers used for VCR head drums).
Headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, Samsung has 337 worldwide offices and facilities in 58 countries.
www.prdomain.com /companies/S/SamsungGroup/co_profile.asp   (136 words)

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