the title and the quoted text into English.
“The selling point is very clear”: Kim Yoo-chul, “Slim Tops Key Trend for TV
Makers,” The Korea Times, August 25, 2008, https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/
www/news/tech/2012/07/129_29939.html.
Samsung eclipsed Sony: Rasmus Larsen, “Samsung Dominates Global TV Market
for 10th Straight Year,” FlatpanelsHD, March 15, 2016,
https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?
subaction=showfull&id=1458017308.
no obvious role in product development: Song Jung-a, “Samsung Sets Succession
Plan,” Financial Times, January 19, 2007, https://www.ft.com/content/
20947efa-a7b1-11db-b448-0000779e2340.
Howard Stringer, a Brit–turned–American citizen: Richard Siklos and Martin
Fackler, “Howard Stringer, Sony’s Road Warrior,” The New York Times, May
28, 2006, https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/28/business/yourmoney/
28sony.html.
The company experienced losses: Kevin Kelleher, “How Sony Got Up and Out of
Its Death Bed,” Time, May 21, 2015, http://time.com/3892591/sony-
turnaround/.
In 2011 Sony exited: Hiroko Tabuchi, “Sony to Cease Its Flat-Screen Partnership
with Samsung,” The New York Times, December 26, 2011,
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/27/technology/sony-sells-stake-in-lcd-
panel-joint-venture.html.
Stringer, unable to repair: “Sony Chairman Sir Howard Stringer to Retire,” BBC
News, March 11, 2013, https://www.bbc.com/news/business-21738549.
“Running a big company”: Jonathan Handel, “Ex–Sony CEO Howard Stringer on
Sony’s Failures and Time Inc.’s Big Challenges,” Hollywood Reporter, October
25, 2014, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sony-ceo-howard-
stringer-opines-743982.
16: UNHOLY ALLIANCE
“I met him with the solution”: Hwang Chang-gyu, “Dear Young People, Be Crazy to
Make Others Happy,” Chosun Ilbo, February 10, 2010,
http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/02/10/2010021001829.html?
Dep0=chosunmain&Dep1=news&Dep2=headline1&Dep3=h1_04. This
source is in Korean. The author’s researcher translated the title and the quoted
text into English.
hailed from the southern port town: “Who Is Hwang Chang-gyu, the Figure Newly
Poised to Lead KT?” Yonhap News Agency, December 16, 2013,
https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20131216195600017. More information is
available at “What Did Hwang Chang-gyu Do as a Researcher and
