The 20 Year Fall of Japan's Sharp Corporation

The mechanical pencil. The calculators. The TVs. Over the years, Japan's Sharp Corporation has delivered a bevy of iconic products. But starting at the turn of the century, the company found itself increasingly trapped in a single, incredibly competitive business. Attacked on all sides by foreign competitors and running out of money, the company sold itself to a Taiwanese electronics giant. The first such foreign takeover of a major Japanese consumer electronics company. For this video, let us t...