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  1. Ryōji Chūbachi (中鉢 良治, Chūbachi Ryōji, born September 4, 1947) is a Japanese businessman, former vice chairman and president of Sony Corporation. He joined the company in 1977, later replacing Kunitake Andō to become president of the firm March 7, 2005.

  2. Ryoji Chubachi is Former Vice Chairman at Sony Corp. See Ryoji Chubachi's compensation, career history, education, & memberships.

    • Former Vice Chairman
    • Sony Corp
  3. Apr 23, 2014 · In order to overcome that weakness in the hardware divisions Chūbachi Ryōji, who had a technical background, was appointed COO, but there was no sign of cooperation between the two toward the...

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Sony_timerSony timer - Wikipedia

    The Sony timer (ソニータイマー, Sonī taimā), or Sony kill switch, is an urban legend that electronic devices produced by Sony are equipped with a timer which, upon reaching a deliberately preset deadline, causes the product to stop functioning, forcing the user to buy a replacement.

    • The “Musketeers” Come Up Short
    • Standardization, Not Unique Products
    • From Market Leader to Also-Ran
    • Our Goal Is to Entertain
    • Low Expectations For Audiovisual Sector
    • Betting on Games and Contents

    The decline of Sony Corporation’s electronics business began in April 2003 with the dramatic collapse of the company’s stock shares. The manufacturing giant took drastic measures in 2005, which included the company’s CEO and president simultaneously stepping down to accept responsibility for poor business results and the resignation of the entire B...

    Stringer nominated the highly lauded Hirai Kazuo, who was one of the Four Musketeers, as his successor. After joining Sony Pictures, Hirai advanced through the ranks at Sony Computer Entertainment, eventually being appointed executive vice president at Sony’s headquarters. The appointment, however, meant the electronics powerhouse has had three con...

    With Sony shifting its aim to producing standardized products, it was natural for the company to move toward a horizontal division of labor, making it easier to outsource production to other companies. With Sony turning its back on product development after years of emphasizing the merits of creating its own products, it comes as no surprise that t...

    I have pondered the question of Sony’s strategy for some time. I finally received a clear answer when Sony laid out its policies at its corporate strategymeeting on February 18 of this year. Sony had previously announced that for the first time since being listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange it would not pay dividends to investors. The company based...

    Under Hirai, Sony’s has divided its business into three domains: (1) growth, (2) revenue stability, and (3) business risk-control. Video games and content are part of the first domain and positioned as the pillars of the growth strategy (to expand sales and profits on the basis of concentrated investment). In contrast, the audiovisual business has ...

    As the home electronics market has been shrinking year after year, there appears to be some logic behind the views of Hirai and other Sony executives as to the poor outlook for the audiovisual business. Given this situation, it seems to me that the response should be to build a new category of audiovisual business that has the potential to open up ...

  5. Ryōji Chūbachi is a former vice chairman of Sony Corporation. He joined the company in 1977, later replacing Kunitake Andō to become president of the firm March 7, 2005. He was replaced as president by Howard Stringer on April 1, 2009.

  6. Ryōji Chūbachi (中鉢 良治, Chūbachi Ryōji, born September 4, 1947) is a former vice chairman of Sony Corporation. He joined the company in 1977, later replacing Kunitake Andō to become president of the firm March 7, 2005.