Introduction This assignment seeks to take an in depth look at the company known as “Apple” the leading manufacturer of products such as the “iPhone”‚ the “iPad” and the Macbook Pro. The name “Apple” was given to the company by co-founder Steve Jobs after he had spent some time at a local apple orchid‚ and decided the name would be perfect for the company as he felt that the word “Apple” was not one that caused customers to be frightened‚ threatened or alarmed and it did not make the company
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Apple changed its company name from Apple Computer to Apple Inc in 2007. And with this name change‚ the chief element of Apple strategy is to let consumer know‚ it is not just a computer company‚ but a company provide other products‚ such as iPod‚ iTunes‚ and iPhone. In Sculley Years‚ Apple’s chief element was to be versatile compare to IBM‚ and it will be the complete desktop solution with desktop publishing. Also‚ Mac wants to have a closer relationship with its customers‚ which is called love
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Apple Computers – Strategic Management Strategic Management Report By Jose Alexander Ros Lopera University of Lampeter Page | 1 Apple Computers – Strategic Management Table of Contents Introduction History TOWS Strategy Strategic Moves Licensing The Value Chain Operations THE Supply Chain Innovation(R&D) Marketing Differentiation Recommendations Conclusion References Bibliography Appendices 4 5 5 -6 6–7 7 8 10 10 12 13 14 16 18 18 19 21 24 Page | 2 Apple Computers – Strategic
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Week 05 Case Study “Apple introduced the original iPhone back in 2007‚ instantly obsoleting every other smartphone on the planet in every way that mattered” (Ritchie‚ 2013‚ p.1). Within the next two years Apple came out with the iPhone 3G and 3GS which they were able to increase the functionality while simultaneously lowering the price‚ this allowed Apple to take the smartphone fully out of the niche and make them mainstream (Ritchie‚ 2013). Apple was able to bring the iPhone to broader
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on Customer Value Proposition‚ analysis of Apple Inc. Its growth and adoption of Customer Value‚ Branding and Experience. | 12/3/2011 | Contents Introduction 3 Research 3 Early Apple 3 Product Extensions 4 Digital Media 6 Growth and Market Share for Apple 8 Mobile and Entertainment Era 8 Post Steve Jobs 9 Competition 9 Customer Segmentation 11 Product Positioning 11 Customer 13 Place 13 Convenience 14 Pricing Strategy 14 Cost 15 Promotion 15 Communication
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and globalization in other countries allows Apple to recognize a need to become more main-stream in other geographical areas. Apple will have to use two strategies‚ one for the domestic market‚ the United States‚ and one for the international markets France and Australia. The appropriate channel strategies Apple should use for the domestic market and international markets is the multi-channel strategy and the pull strategy. The multi-channel strategy defined as “offering customers more than one
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1. | Profile of the Company | 1 | 2. | Mission and Vision of the Company | 12 | 3. | SWOT a. Theory of SWOT b. Importance of SWOT c. SWOT of the company | 141617 | 4. | Business Strategy | 21 | 5. | Conclusion | 30 | | Bibliography | | PROFILE OF THE COMPANY Apple Inc.‚ formerly Apple Computer‚ Inc.‚ is an American multinational corporation. It is headquartered in Cupertino‚ California that designs‚ develops‚ and sells consumer electronics‚ computer software and personal
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the article titled ‘Samsung vs Apple‚ The Battle for Design Dominance’ written by Haydn Shaughnessy and retrieved from www.forbes.com. The article is about Samsung vs Apple executing a new foundation and platform for business strategy. This is a key change in the business strategy of the software organization. This material is very important and relevant to the course content of business strategy because of the following reasons: It talks about business strategy of one of the leading cell phone
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The conflicts between Apple and Samsung In the emerging market smartphone usage is increasing‚ while the most representative brands are Apple and Samsung. Apple is the most valuable US brand that has played a dominant position in US; while Samsung is a South Korea multinational conglomerate firm and the represent products are innovative and revolutionary smartphone and tablet. Apple and Samsung are the most extraordinary companies in terms of the advanced productions and market capitalization (Cantor
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SEGEMENTAION AND TARGET MARKETING PRODUCT: APPLE WORD COUNT: 2250 TABLE OF CONTENT Introduction --------------------------------------------------------- 3 Background -------------------------------------------------------
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