Akio Morita

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Akio Morita was the co-founder of a telecoms company that later became Sony, the company that became synonymous with the Walkman, developed in the late 1970s. The Betamax recorder was not successful, though it was seen as better than the VHS recorder, which captured the market. Sony also had problems with its experience in Hollywood. Morita had to look outward since the domestic market was dominated by established Japanese companies, and this meant using English ways of thinking, which was sometimes at odds with his Japanese heritage.

Obituary, Officials and employees, Sony Corp., Morita, Akio

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Xenophobia, meet myopia: French privatisation

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Plans to privatise the French company Thomson ran into problems when the French privatization commission halted the sale of its consumer electronics division to Daewoo Electronics of South Korea. The commission did not want state developed technology to leave the country.

Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, France, Thales S.A., Industrial policy, Privatization, Privatization (Business), Daewoo Electronics Company Ltd.

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Video wars: the sequel

Article Abstract:

The issue of digital video disc recorder standards in the context of the Japanese consumer electronics market is examined in detail.

Standards, Japan, Digital video

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