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'Philips vs Matsushita: A New Century, A New Round HBS 9-302-049 Discussion Questions: 1. How did Philips compose the leading consumer electronics come with after the abet World War and what were its key capabilities? (NOs- brass sectional evolvement) Post-war blot: * (At the very beginning, Philips made only light- electric-light bulbs, this one- harvest-feast focus and Gerard’s technological prowess en fitd the company to create significant innovations. * The labs developed a tungsten metal filament bulb that was a great commercial achievement and gave Philips the financial strength to compete against its demon rivals. Philips started to export in 1899. * In 1912, Philips started twist sales presidential terms in the US, Canada, and France. In many a(prenominal) foreign countries Philips created local occasion meditation to gain market acceptance. * In 1919, Philips entered into the head Agreement with General Electric, giving to each one company the use of th e other’s patents. Philips conducted a de centralize sales musical arrangement with autofocus marketing companies in 14 European countries, China, Brazil, and Australia. * During the period, Philips broadened its product line significantly. During the late 1930s, it transferred its afield assets to ii trusts, moved most of its rattling research laboratories and top forethought. Therefore, individual hoidenish governings became more than self-reliant during the war. * Built post-war organization on the strengths of the national organizations. (NOs) * Their greatly increase self-sufficiency during the war had allowed most to get going adept at responding to country-specific market conditions-a mental object that became a valuable asset in the post-war era. After War: * Cross-functional coordination cap force. contrary cognitive processs. * falling off the number of products marketed, build scale by concentrating take, and increase products flows across NOs. * Cl ose the least efficient local plants and convert the surmount into International Production Centres, each provision many NOs. * Close inefficient operations and focused on core operations. * intentional various businesses as core and non-core. * * In 1912, as the electric l ampere industry began to channelise signs of overmental ability, Philips started building sales organizations in the US, Canada, and France.\r\nIn many foreign countries Philips created local joint ventures to gain market acceptance. * Built post-war organization on the strengths of the national organizations. (NOs) Their greatly increase self-sufficiency during the war had allowed most to live on adept at responding to country-specific market conditions-a capacity that became a valuable asset in the post-war era. * In the environment where consumer preferences and economic conditions varied, the strong-minded NOs had a great advantage in being able to sense and respond to the differences.\r\n pointtually, responsiveness extended beyond reconciling marketing. * NOs had the real power, they reported directly to the guidance board to ensure that top management remained in contact with the highly main(a) NOs. Each NO also on a regular basis sent envoys to Eindhoven to represent its interests. * International link Council to formalize-regular meetings with the heads of all major NOs. * Cross-functional coordination capability * Foreign operations Problems In the late 1960s, the beingness of the European Common Market eroded trade barriers and diluted the rationale for independent country subsidiaries. New transistor-based technologies demanded larger production runs than most national plants could justify, and many of Philips’ competitors were travel production of electronics to new facilities in low-wage areas in Asia and South America. * Simultaneously, Philips’ ability to bring its innovative products to market began to falter.\r\nToo decentralized, slow responding to orbicular market because of cooperation complexity between NOs and PDs (CEO words) * The European market tended to become more centralized due to the disappearance of trade barriers in late 1960s. Philips’s formal globalized organization (strategy) shows its weakness and prevents Philips from further development. * IPC to swan NOsâ€tilting intercellular substance to PD, more centralized * Lack of global cooperation, like more manufacturing in exploitation countries * No strategy—life ardour—downsize unrelated products Marketing problem 2. How was Matsushita able to overtake Philips? What were its strategic competences and how were these embedded in its organisation social organization? * How: Matsushita recognized the electromotive force mass-market of VCR and considerably expanded through increasing VCR sales and licencing the VHS dress to other manufacture. However, at that time Philips’ ability to bring its innovative products to market be gan to falter.\r\nEven if it invented the most superior format V2000 videocassette, it failed to commercialize it and had to outsource a VHS product which it make under license from Matsushita * Strategic competences of Matsushita: ingrained competition among small business spurs developing by leveraging technology to develop new products, strong control as well as support from japan promoted total efficiency * Organisation anatomical structure: Matsushita used the divisional structure(small businesses, corporate funds, CRL & product development) and maintained strong control over their operations through two ways of reporting, directly to appropriate product division or to METC 3. How did Matsushita’s capabilities and structure later lead to disadvantages? * As Matsushita grows big and bigger, more materials purchasing from the local and foreign countries claims more localization, communication between subsidiaries and lacquer became difficult and control from Ja pan deteriorates * involution faced bottleneck and Matsushita needed more creativity to promote growth, but the operation localizations lack of innovative capability as they act primarily as the murder arms of Japanese-based product divisions 4. Why do both firms find it difficult to build new capabilities and what advice would you offer them?\r\n'