Abstract

Chung Tak Lighting Control System was a joint venture between Siemens Ltd, General Electronics Ltd and YiXing Industrial Corporation. It was set up in 1993 in the industrial town of Panyu, in China’s Guangdong province, as a division of Siemens to produce electronic ballasts. The joint venture was lauded as one of Siemens’ most successful joint ventures in China. For Chung Tak Lighting Control System, the year 2003 was an extremely successful one as they managed to increase their global market share to 23%. What attributed to the success over the past decade?

Company/Organization	Siemens Ltd, General Electronics Ltd and YiXing Industrial Corporation
Industry	lighting control system, electronics
Major Discipline	International Business
Subject(s)	Light control system, Electronic ballasts, Global market share, Joint Venture
Geography	Hong Kong, Guangdong, China
Page count of the Case	22
Publisher	HKUST & ECCH; (distributed on Case Centre)