The Apple Story Prepared By: Brian Klochko Prepared For: Dr. Dov Longu Submission Date: Monday‚ February 24th 2014 Once solely regarded as a common handheld fruit‚ two unlikely visionaries changed the meaning of “Apple” forever. The corporate conglomerate that now manufactures and sells various electronic products such as computers‚ cell phones‚ tablets‚ music players‚ and computer accessories was once merely an idea two college dropouts had dreamt in their own garage
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responses: the threat of new entrants‚ the power of suppliers‚ the power of buyers‚ the threat of product substitutes‚ and the intensity of rivalry among competitors (Hit‚ Ireland‚ and Hoskisson‚ p.40). In this case‚ Apple is just one of the many competitors in a saturated markets offering both hardware and software for personal computer systems. Intense players such as‚ HP/Compaq‚ Dell‚ Gateway‚ and Microsoft all take substantial market share in the industries Apple is competing with. Today in the computer
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Product For years‚ Apple was considered as a computer manufacturer that creates products aimed at individuals who are “different‚ hip and imaginative. Both Apple’s computers and the brand name itself are successfully marketed all around the world. In recent years‚ Apple diversified it product mix by introducing new line of products to keep up with the competitive consumer electronics market. The iPod‚ a portable music player was the first product range that was launched to compete in the portable
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Ethical Behavior of Apple Apple was founded in 1976. Apple and its subsidiaries manufacture and design marketing mobile communication and media devices‚ personal computers‚ and portable digital music players along with related software‚ services‚ peripherals‚ networking solutions‚ and third-party digital content and applications. (nytimes.com) Ethical or unethical behavior in the workplace of Apple as a company has been up and down with some controversy. Apples ethics have been noted as being unethical
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forging ahead on innovation: Apple Computers. Apple’s innovation in their new product introduction leads the way and shows how product innovation can deliver superior economic return to a company and its shareholder. Apple Computers Inc. was co-founded by Steve Woznaik and Steve Jobs (known as the “two Steves”). Both of them shared a common idea of assembling a machine and subsequently selling it. In 1976‚ they introduced the world the first PC and they called it Apple I. A California-based local
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Case Study Apple Inc. iPod Touch In spite of Apple Inc’s increasing net sales in the last three years‚ iPod net sales are decreasing at an alarming rate (Table 1). This paper will provide an analysis of the market forces driving sales of the iPod and make suggestions for recovery of sales by focusing on the iPod Touch platform. An overview of Apple Inc (Apple) is provided‚ then several analytical tools are used to provide insight to both the internal and external environment that Apple is operating
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11/8/12 The History of Apple Computer Steve Jobs and Steve Wosniak became friends in 1971. Wosniak was 21 and Job‚ 16. They belonged to a computer club where hobbyists build computers from kits. In 1976 Jobs convinced Wosniak that they might make a few dollars if they built a computer they could sell. Wosniak went to work. Although the machine was fairly simple‚ it was nevertheless a masterpiece of design‚ using far fewer parts than anything in its class‚ and quickly earning Wosniak a
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change of the Apple’s management strategy has a big impact on our daily life‚ so we conducted research on actual management situation. Apple co. sells both hardware and software products and join the personal computer‚ mobile‚ and music business. Apple co. recorded the highest market capitalization of about $660millions ever in the U.S market. Above the information‚ Apple co. is a success corporation‚ but all of us are not always satisfied. There are three problems about Apple’s management strategy;
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY For more than 20 years‚ Apple has been working on ways to minimize the impact to environment. As Apple reports‚ the products are manufactured‚ used‚ and recycled represents the largest percentage of Apple`s total greenhouse gas emissions. That is the reason why Apple has been designed and measured the performance in Product Environmental performance. Apple has developed its first environmental policy back in 1990‚ and put its mainly focus on energy efficient‚ reducing total use
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Project Investment – Feasibility Study Apple‚Inc Final project financial management Enalvis Gomez De Merlano Project Advisor: Dr. Manuel Christiansen Universidad Autónoma del Caribe- Campus Miami Master of arts.degree in management 05-11-2013 Indice Pag-1 portada Pag-2 Indice Pag-3 1-Introduction 1. purpose 2. company data Pag-4 1-3 Major competitors 2- Business Strategy analysis Pag-5 3- Accounting Analysis Pag-6 4- Financial
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