Samsung
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|hanja=|rr=Samseong|mr=Samsŏng}}Samsung Group ( ; stylised as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean multinational manufacturing conglomerate headquartered in Samsung Digital City, Suwon, South Korea. It comprises numerous affiliated businesses, most of them united under the Samsung brand, and is the largest South Korean (business conglomerate). Samsung has the world's fifth-highest brand value.
Samsung was founded by Lee Byung-chul in 1938 as a trading company. Over the next three decades, the group diversified into areas including food processing, textiles, insurance, securities, and retail. Samsung entered the electronics industry in the late 1960s and the construction and shipbuilding industries in the mid-1970s; these areas would drive its subsequent growth. Following Lee's death in 1987, Samsung was separated into five business groups – Samsung Group, Shinsegae Group, CJ Group, Hansol Group, and JoongAng Group.
Samsung industrial affiliates include Samsung Electronics, Samsung Heavy Industries, Samsung Engineering and Samsung C&T Corporation. Other subsidiaries include Samsung Life Insurance and Cheil Worldwide. Notable Samsung industrial affiliates include Samsung Electronics (the world's largest information technology company, consumer electronics maker and chipmaker Samsung Heavy Industries (the world's second largest shipbuilder and Samsung Engineering and Samsung C&T Corporation (respectively the world's 13th and 36th largest construction companies). Other notable subsidiaries include Samsung Life Insurance (the world's 14th largest life insurance company), Samsung Everland (operator of Everland Resort, the oldest theme park in South Korea) and Cheil Worldwide (the world's 15th largest advertising agency, Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Si, Yue-Xiu, Song, Jin-Jie, Fang, Nai-Yun, Wang, Wei, Wang, Zhi-Jiang, Yang, Jun-Mo, Qian, Guo-Ying, Yin, Shang-Jun, Park, Yong-DooContributors: “...Samsung...”
Published in International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (2014)
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2by Benavente, Rocio, López-Tejedor, David, Pérez-Rizquez, Carlos, Palomo, José MiguelContributors: “...Samsung...”
Published in Molecules (2018)
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3by Moon, Taesup, Wang, Yueqing, Liu, Yang, Yu, BinContributors: “...Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Samsung Electronics, Inc., Suwon, Korea, Republic of...”
Published in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (2015)
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4Contributors: “...Samsung Electronics Korea...”
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5Contributors: “...Samsung Electronics Korea...”
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6by Wang, Zhi-Jiang, Lee, Jinhyuk, Si, Yue-Xiu, Wang, Wei, Yang, Jun-Mo, Yin, Shang-Jun, Qian, Guo-Ying, Park, Yong-DooContributors: “...Samsung Biomedical Research Institute...”
Published in International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (2014)
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7by Croucher, Nicholas J, Hanage, William P, Harris, Simon R, McGee, Lesley, van der Linden, Mark, de Lencastre, Herminia, Sá-Leão, Raquel, Song, Jae-Hoon, Ko, Kwan Soo, Beall, Bernard, Klugman, Keith P, Parkhill, Julian, Tomasz, Alexander, Kristinsson, Karl G, Bentley, Stephen DContributors: “..., Samsung Med Ctr, Seoul, South Korea, Asia Pacific Fdn Infect Dis, Seoul, South Korea, Sungkyunkwan Univ...”
Published in BMC Biology (2014)
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8by Sibley, A, Han, K H, Abourached, A, Lesmana, L A, Makara, M, Jafri, W, Salupere, R, Assiri, A M, Goldis, A, Abaalkhail, F, Abbas, Z, Abdou, A, Al Braiki, F, Al Hosani, F, Al Jaberi, K, Al Khatry, M, Al Mulla, M A, Al Quraishi, H, Al Rifai, A, Al Serkal, Y, Alam, A, Alavian, S M, Alashgar, H I, Alawadhi, S, Al-Dabal, L, Aldins, P, Alfaleh, F Z, Alghamdi, A S, Al-Hakeem, R, Aljumah, A A, Almessabi, A, Alqutub, A N, Alswat, K A, Altraif, I, Alzaabi, M, Andrea, N, Babatin, M A, Baqir, A, Barakat, M T, Bergmann, O M, Bizri, A R, Blach, S, Chaudhry, A, Choi, M S, Diab, T, Djauzi, S, El Hassan, E S, El Khoury, S, Estes, C, Fakhry, SContributors: “... Sungkyunkwan Univ, Sch Med, Samsung Med Ctr, Dept Med, Seoul, South Korea 40 Al Ain Hosp, Al Ain, U Arab...”
Published in Journal of Viral Hepatitis (2015)
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