Apple Inc. Business Analysis MGT/521 October 4‚ 2011 Apple Inc. Business Analysis Part I Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics‚ computer software‚ and personal computers. The company ’s best-known hardware products include the Macintosh computers‚ iPod‚ iPhone and iPad. As of August 2010‚ the company operates 301 retail stores in ten countries‚ and an online store. In September of 2010‚ Apple had 46‚600 full time employees and 2‚800
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Value Chain Analysis Before making a strategic decision‚ it is important for Apple to understand how its activities or products create values for customers. One way to do this is to conduct a value chain analysis (VCA). VCA “refers to the idea that a company is a chain of activities for transforming inputs into outputs that customers value. The process of transforming inputs into outputs compromises a number of primary and support activities” (Hill and Jones‚ 2001‚ p.133). Each value is considered
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Apple Inc. Case Analysis MB 730 Strategic Analysis Professor McClellan Date: 09/23/2012 Name: Allen (Hanlin) Wang Overview of the PC Industry The personal computer industry came up during the 1970s. A personal computer is one intended for individual use‚ as opposed to a mainframe computer where the end user’s requests are filtered through operating staff‚ or a time sharing system in which one large processor is shared by many individuals. In the 1980s‚ personal computers
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CHINA’S TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY INTRODUCTION China has developed a huge telecommunications sector. Today China is one of the largest telecom subscribers in the world’s telecommunication market. China’s telecommunications industry started to expand during early 1990s due to economic growth‚ technological improvements‚ low tax rates‚ and institutional changes‚ which allowed competition. Figure 1 shows that electronic-telecom industry had the fastest growth of sales revenue during
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global citizen. A multi-faceted family of companies. An ethical business. Samsung is all of these and more. At Samsung Group and Samsung Electronics‚ we uphold a belief in shared responsibility - to our people‚ our planet and our society. Across the company‚ we hold ourselves to the highest standards so that we can more effectively contribute to a better world. From its beginning as a small export business in Taegu‚ Korea‚ Samsung has grown to become one of the world’s leading electronics companies
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Introduction……………………………………………………………………….2 2Literature Review…………………………………………………………………3 3Research methodology…………………………………………………………...4-5 4. Corporate Information……………………………………….…………………..6 5. Corporate Social Responsibilities………………………………………..………7 6.Analysis of Financial Statements (Ratio Analysis) …………………………….. iCurrent Ratio……………………………………………………………..8 iiQuick Asset Ratio………………………………………………….……..9 Leverage Ratio…………………………………………………….……….10 i)Debt to equity ……………………………………………………………..11 ii)Debt to Asset ……………………………………………………………12
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chain of the new Apple iPhone and‚ at some point‚ the supply chain of the Apple TV‚ hoping that this might help to demonstrate the complexity involved in manufacturing the Apple iPhone — a feature-rich product I wish I could have‚ if I could afford it (update: I’ve had several iPhones now). I conducted some research and found some interesting information on the suppliers of the Apple iPhone. My data comes from The Wall Street Journal‚ January 14‚ 2007; Supplier Code of Conduct‚ Apple Corporation; and
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Bibliography: Barry‚ E. and Jamie‚ E. (2009) Financial accounting and reporting. 13th ed. Harlow: Pearson Education‚ pp. 164-254. Bayldon‚ R.‚ Woods‚ A. and Zafiris‚ N. (1984) A note on the ’pyramid ’ technique of financial ratio analysis of firms ’ performance Charles‚ H.G. (2009) Financial Reporting and Analysis: Using Financial Accounting Information. 11th ed. Masan‚ OH45040‚ USA: South-western Cengage Learning‚ pp. 177 to 297. Flex monitoring team. (2005) Financial Indicators for Critical Access Hospitals
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FINANCIAL ANALYSIS For the Year 2012‚ 2011‚ 2010 Introduction: Knowing the financial conditions of Metrobank is very important. Such knowledge will help us allocate resources and identify areas requiring development and problems that need correction. As students of finance who can eventually be a financial manager should know how the business enterprise is doing financially. Is it growing or contracting? Will it be around for a long time? How profitable is the company? And what we should
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1 Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronic‚ software and personal computers. The mission statement of Apple is “Apple designs Macs‚ the best personal computers in the world‚ along with OS X‚ iLife‚ iWork‚ and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store‚ and has recently introduced its magical iPad which
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