Samsung is a South Korean multinational electronics company founded in 1938. It has four core competencies: creative people, technology leadership, innovative culture, and customer value creation. Samsung aims to achieve sustainable growth through creativity and strives to be a leader in technology. It has strengths in hardware integration, engineering, innovation, low costs, and brand marketing. However, it also has weaknesses like low profit margins, lack of its own operating system, and focusing on too many products. Opportunities for Samsung include growing smartphone markets and obtaining patents, but threats include saturated markets, price wars, and breached patents.