索尼和三星之间的竞争不言而喻。不过,除了竞争关系之外,两家公司也在不断寻求合作机会。三星强大的制造能力和众多的新技术正是索尼所需要的,后者希望利用这些来保住自己的霸主地位。在竞争激烈的消费电子行业,适当的技术合作可以创造新的赢家与输家,从而改变市场格局。现在就连一向喜欢单干的索尼也开始明白“敌人的敌人能够成为朋友”这一道理。在全球电子行业中,公司之间的技术合作并不鲜见,如 LG 和飞利浦合资兴建显示器企业,松下、东芝和日立合资成立液晶显示器工厂等。但是这些合作都是基于单一产品或单一技术的,很少有类似索尼 The competition between Sony and Samsung is self-evident. However, in addition to competition, the two companies are also constantly seeking opportunities for cooperation. Samsung’s strong manufacturing capabilities and many new technologies are what Sony needs, the latter hopes to use these to keep their dominance. In the highly competitive consumer electronics industry, appropriate technical cooperation can create new winners and losers, changing the market landscape. Now even Sony, who has always liked to go it alone, has begun to understand the principle that “enemy enemies can become friends.” In the global electronics industry, the technical cooperation among companies is not uncommon. For example, LG and Philips jointly set up a display enterprise and Matsushita, Toshiba and Hitachi jointly set up LCD factory. However, these cooperation are based on a single product or a single technology, there are few similar Sony