THE SONY-ERICSSON ENDEAVOUR, PART I

Jon Sigurdson ()
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Jon Sigurdson: European Institute of Japanese Studies, Postal: Stockholm School of Economics, P.O. Box 6501, S-113 83 Stockholm, Sweden

No 190, EIJS Working Paper Series from The European Institute of Japanese Studies

Abstract: Two losing teams in mobile telecommunications entered into loose talks in the summer of 2000 to join forces – for Ericsson to cut its dreadful losses and for Sony to re-enter the global arena in mobile handsets. Serious discussions followed by the end of the year, although real planning for a full-scale joint venture started only after a Memorandum of Understanding had been signed in April 2001. The two companies brought together complementary resources and made bold statements at the start on October 1 2001. This paper discusses the background and partially covers the implementation process. Sony has been able to considerably broaden its platform for mobile communications which it considers of great significance for its future presence in advanced electronics consumer products and systems. Ericsson has simultaneously departed from consumer products and focused its strategy on mobile infrastructure.

Keywords: mobile telecommunications; Sony; Ericsson; joint venture; technology strategy; supply-chain-management (SCM) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L21 L22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2004-04-01

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