Re:Samsung Electronics forecasts 60% fall in quarterly profit
by lunarcave on Tuesday October 07, 2014 @06:32AM
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Are you sure? This seems to be old news and he had regained consciousness. And, this whole thing had apparently happened in May[1].
[1] http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/05/25/samsung-chairman-lee-...
Re:Samsung Electronics forecasts 60% fall in quarterly profit
by zo1 on Tuesday October 07, 2014 @05:33AM
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I don't understand the Emperor and 'beloved leader' references in your post?
Re:Samsung Electronics forecasts 60% fall in quarterly profit
by yongjik on Tuesday October 07, 2014 @12:09PM
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Well, OK, "beloved leader" might be hyperbolic, but portraying Samsung's management style as "Emperor Management" is hardly new. Googling for "이건희 황제 경영" (Lee Kun-hee Emperor Management) gives >1M hits.
Think of it like Steve Jobs-style super-asshole management, and then imagine that Jobs does everything (legal or illegal) to cook the books so that his son (with questionable track record) can inherit the company without paying tax. And imagine reporters who raise the issue in "respectable" news organizations get fired. (One of the leading news organization is led by his brother-in-law.)
* From the latest development, it seems he's not quite brain-dead yet. Sorry about spreading misinformation.
Re:Samsung Electronics forecasts 60% fall in quarterly profit
by widdershins on Tuesday October 07, 2014 @06:16AM
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I suppose it's just a reference to the absurd deference which leaves him as CEO with no replacement when he's in a coma. And the fact that his position will be inherited by his son, no questions asked.
Re:Samsung Electronics forecasts 60% fall in quarterly profit
by gpvos on Tuesday October 07, 2014 @08:07AM
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Apparently there are some similarities between North Korean and South Korean culture (which is not very strange, since the border between them is an accident of recent history).
Re:Samsung Electronics forecasts 60% fall in quarterly profit
by AznHisoka on Tuesday October 07, 2014 @10:57AM
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Coma? Brain Dead? Why don't you stick with the facts?
http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.asp...
So, many mid- to high-level managers in Samsung could be postponing highly visible projects until the new leader steps in and clears up which way the company will be heading. (I once heard, from someone in a different Korean company, that there are implicit agreements to not be "too good" on the book in such a situation: if your company does just as well when the beloved leader is on bed / in prison / whatever, then the leader might not be the reason for the company's success. Can't have that.)