Apple PESTEL
1. Introduction
Apple Inc., is known to be one of the world’s most valuable companies. It is a multi-national company with a worldwide presence; approximately 72,800 employees and total net sales of $156 billion in the year 2012 (Apple annual report, 2012). Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, both college dropouts, founded this corporation in 1976 - “Steve Jobs, helped to transform the way in which the computer is used today through his creation of the first computer processing unit and his creative product innovations.” (Gupta and Prinzinger 2013). This paper will analyse the external environment, using the PESTEL model. The external environment incorporates all the factors that a company has no influence over and is only able to adapt to these changes; studying and adapting to these factors are essential for a business to survive.
2. The PESTEL analysis includes 6 sections:
a. Political: Being a multi-national, Apple is strongly affected by political factors. Political factors which include but are not limited to government laws and regulations as well as political stability and security can adversely affect the company performance and results. Whilst contemplating expanding into a new country, Apple Inc would have to take into consideration compliance of safety, employment and financial laws in order to legally and successfully open a new branch. Apple Inc must ensure that government laws are business friendly and favourable towards large corporations.
In addition to government laws and regulations, political stability in the country Apple Inc is contemplating is a key consideration that has to be taken prior to expansion into that market. Apple is an international corporation with a great reliance on the international market; 61.4% of sales were from outside the US and only 38.6% were from inside the US in 2012 (Datamonitor 2012). Therefore this shows the company’s vulnerability to negative “global relations, wars and terrorism” (Hasan 2012).
As
Apple Inc., is known to be one of the world’s most valuable companies. It is a multi-national company with a worldwide presence; approximately 72,800 employees and total net sales of $156 billion in the year 2012 (Apple annual report, 2012). Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, both college dropouts, founded this corporation in 1976 - “Steve Jobs, helped to transform the way in which the computer is used today through his creation of the first computer processing unit and his creative product innovations.” (Gupta and Prinzinger 2013). This paper will analyse the external environment, using the PESTEL model. The external environment incorporates all the factors that a company has no influence over and is only able to adapt to these changes; studying and adapting to these factors are essential for a business to survive.
2. The PESTEL analysis includes 6 sections:
a. Political: Being a multi-national, Apple is strongly affected by political factors. Political factors which include but are not limited to government laws and regulations as well as political stability and security can adversely affect the company performance and results. Whilst contemplating expanding into a new country, Apple Inc would have to take into consideration compliance of safety, employment and financial laws in order to legally and successfully open a new branch. Apple Inc must ensure that government laws are business friendly and favourable towards large corporations.
In addition to government laws and regulations, political stability in the country Apple Inc is contemplating is a key consideration that has to be taken prior to expansion into that market. Apple is an international corporation with a great reliance on the international market; 61.4% of sales were from outside the US and only 38.6% were from inside the US in 2012 (Datamonitor 2012). Therefore this shows the company’s vulnerability to negative “global relations, wars and terrorism” (Hasan 2012).
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