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Most of the cost of a flat screen TV involves the LCD panel. Globally, 220 million flat screen TVs were sold in 2011 for $115 billion. Although scale economies in massive factories and volume discounts on electronic input components have driven the cost of LCDs down from $2,400 to $500 the last decade, the price has fallen even faster. In 2001, the average selling price of a large LCD panel was over $4,000. By 2011, this price had fallen below $600. Sony Corporation finds its flat screen TVs now fail to cover the full cost of the LCD panels and instead impose a $126 ($500 - $374) loss per TV sold. Nevertheless, the indirect fixed costs of the LCD factories including Korean Samsung, Japanese Sharp, Panasonic, and Sony constructed are partially covered by operating (continue production). Losses would be greater in the short run if they shut down.

What would you advise SC in light of the competition from the other manufacturers?

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