Every report we’ve read about Samsung’s corporate culture paints the company as being in a constant state of panic, as its CEO refuses to let his employees rest on their laurels and is always pushing them to think of new ways to increase its operating margins. If Samsung was in a state of panic back when the company was still posting record profits, then we can’t imagine what the atmosphere is like now that the company posted worse-than-expected earnings over its last quarter. Asymco’s Horace Dediu posts the following graph that shows why Samsung may be right to panic a bit about smartphone profit margins in a mobile market that has become over-saturated. As you can see, Samsung’s sales of
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