STRATEGIC AUDIT WORKSHEET FOR APPLE INC. Prepared by: MGMT 4480 FALL 2009 I. CURRENT SITUATION A. Current Performance: Apple announced financial results for its fiscal 2009 fourth quarter ended September 26‚ 2009. The Company posted revenue of $9.87 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.67 billion. These results compare to revenue of $7.9 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.14 billion‚ in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 36.6 percent‚ up from 34.7 percent in the year-ago
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–1– Review of the best iPhone development resources The best developers’ blogs (a list of 37 blogs that are publishing content related to iPhone app/game development): 1. http://wilshipley.com/blog 2. http://icodeblog.com 3. http://iphone-tips-tricks.com 4. http://idevblogaday.com 5. http://rentzsch.tumblr.com 6. http://howtomakeiphoneapps.com 7. http://shadhex.blogspot.com 8. http://iphonesdkarticles.com 9. http://cimgf.com 10. http://iphonefootprint.com 11. http://timcascio
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AApple Company Introduction The Scope The purpose for writing this report is to assess the actual experiences of Apple Company in the context of individualized employment relationships. Putting up these three questions: 1. What issues of the employment relationship can be individually negotiated in organizations? (scope) 2. What issues of the employment relationship are individually negotiated in organizations? (actual use) 3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of negotiations
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Summary of Supply Chain for iPhone Highlights Costs in China David Barboza states that for nearly years‚ the cost of the supply chain for iPhone in China has increased significantly. However‚ the labor cost is still remaining unchanged‚ which is relatively low. This often takes place in the Southern China‚ where workers are paid less than a dollar an hour in the production process of this high-end product. The company spends only 7 percents of the total cost on paying labors that involved in the
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CEO‚ Steve Jobs‚ passed away last year‚ Apple has rapidly gone downhill. The shoes Steve left seem to be too big for the new CEO Tim Cook; he seems to prefer to sail the big ship named Apple into safe harbor in order to avoid the many big waves from Samsung and Nokia. Unfortunately‚ all Apple’s new products make people miss Steve’s enthusiasm. One of those false blockbuster new items is the iPhone 5‚ which was released last month. For Apple fans‚ the iPhone 5 is simply frustrating. Apple’s loyal customers
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Financial Analysis Project APPLE INC. Rev 1.1 A Financial Analysis Project By Josie Chavez Submitted to Kendra Huff‚ Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Accounting and Finance College of Business Administration Texas A&M University-Kingsville BUSINESS FINANCE 3338 Spring 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES iii LIST OF FIGURES v 1. CORPORATE OVERVIEW 1 1.1 Overview of Industry 1 1.2 Overview of Corporation 2 1.2.1 Product/Service Description 4 1.2
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iv) Place (Distribution) During this assignment I am going to be making my reference to Apple Inc.‚ specifically looking at their iPhone product. I will therefore refer to Apple and how they diversified their iPhone products‚ the iPhone price assortment‚ iPhone’s places for distribution and the promotional approaches they have adopted to advance these products. 0.1.0 Company Background Apple Inc. is a multinational corporation headquartered in Cupertino‚ California‚ U.S. It is one
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INTRODUCTION:- (APPLE MACINTOSH) * APPLE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT:- Founded in 1976 in a garage in Santa Clara‚ California‚ Apple is the brainchild of Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs‚ two college dropouts who sought to provide a user-friendly computer to a new and distinct market of small computer users. Between 1978 and 1980‚ sales increased from $7.8 million to $117 million‚ and in 1980 the company underwent its initial public stock offering. In 1983‚ Steve Wozinak left Apple. That same year
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-Introduce Apple -Brief history -Business perspective -Products -Past problems -Diversification -Current product portfolio -Revenue overall company performance -Profit -ROA -Stock Price (template for product portfolio) Year -Introduce Smartphone Industry -Google -RIM Competitors- introduce figures -Samsung -Target Market -Marketing mix -Describe products -Functions -Packaging -History -Design -Price -Appearance -Distribution Apple Store -Promotion -Ads‚ Symbols
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