A new Chinese generation tires of drudgery
The wave of suicides at the vast plant near Shenzhen owned by Foxconn, the Taiwan contract manufacturer, where 300,000 workers are employed, raises questions about the sustainability of China’s use of...
View ArticleSony needs a bit of Ohga and Karajan’s magic
Sony’s launch of its first tablet devices is bound to excite unflattering comparisons with revolutionary Sony products of the past – particularly because it falls in the same week as the death of Norio...
View ArticleFujitsu’s crisis-proof phones for Europeans
Fujitsu’s plan to enter the European smartphone and tablet market has a 1980s ring to it. By the early part of that decade, Japanese companies had already grabbed large shares of the markets for...
View ArticleKazuo Hirai carries on cutting at Sony
The message from Kazuo Hirai, the new chief executive of Sony, appears to be “more of the same”. After Howard Stringer, whom he has succeeded, steadily shrunk the Japanese electronics group, Mr Hirai...
View ArticleThe long list of Apple’s corporate victims
Sarah Gordon points out that Nokia and Sony have a set of problems that undermined their capacity for innovation. But they are far from alone in being victims of Apple’s success. In fact, the list of...
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Sony ends Japanese takeover of US economy
Sony sells its New York HQ. Getty Images Sony’s sale of its New York headquarters, 550 Madison Avenue, is one of those moments that have deep symbolism, whatever the substance. It is a neat reversal of...
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The curious absence of Sony’s PlayStation 4
Video game designer Mark Cerny talks about the new platform of the Playstation 4. Getty Images Perhaps there is a method to the madness but I find Sony’s so-called launch of the PlayStation 4 without...
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Straight-speaking vs ‘corporatese’: is there ever a case for fluff and...
As a red-faced, red-haired infant who was close to her hands-on stepfather, the metaphor invoked by activist investor Dan Loeb that Sony treats its entertainment business like a “red-headed stepchild”...
View ArticleFT column: Expect dark sequels to the Sony hack
Any good consultant can produce a report giving the answer the client prefers, and Kevin Mandia, the man hired by Sony’s film studio to investigate its embarrassing hacking attack, did so this week....
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