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Find out how much of an Apple iPhone is actually a Samsung with our "teardown" infographic. As for Samsung, it is an admirable company, packed full of individual successes that managers (and not just ones in Asia) should study. But inevitably it has not always got everything right—who now drives a Samsung car? And its overall success is not easily replicable. Samsung is patient and bold because the family of its late founder, Lee Byung-chull, wants it to be. Family control is guaranteed by a complex web of cross-shareholdings. This is fine so long as the boss is as brilliant as the late Lee or his son, Lee Kun-hee, the current chairman. But if the founder’s grandson, who is being groomed for the top job, fails to measure up, he will be harder for the company’s shareholders to oust than his peers at GE, Sony and Nokia.
To that extent, for all its modern technology, Samsung’s story is an old one writ new—the well-run family firm, with a strong culture and a focus on the long term, which has made good use of an indulgent state. Celebrate it on those grounds and Asia’s new model has something going for it. Just don’t expect it to keep going at its current rate for ever.

A. 어휘
teardown 분해, 해체. infographic 정보를 시각적 통계자료로 표현하는 것.
admirable 감탄할만한, 칭찬할만한. pack 가득 채우다, 싸다, 포장하다.
replicable 複製(복제)할 수 있는. patient 인내심 있는.
late founder 故(고) 창업자. guarantee 보장하다.
current 현재의. groom 훈련시키다.
measure up 능력을 발휘하다, 치수를 정확하게 재다.
oust 逐出(축출)하다. peers 또래, 同年輩(동년배). writ=written
made good use of 활용하다. indulgent 관대한, 溺愛(익애)하는.
Celebrate 축하하다.