------------------------------------------------- CORPORATE & BUSINESS STRATEGY ------------------------------------------------- CASE STUDY 1– APPLE ------------------------------------------------- dUE: monday‚ JANUARY 23‚ 2012 “Apple Inc. 2010” By Group 5: Gautam Pangaonkar David Mead Mark Deveny Lindsey Liotta Apple’s Performance Glance at the history: Apple in 2001 had to go through hardships and it was a critical year for the company. The revenue fell from $8 billion in
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any one of the original “Trinity” personal computers; PET‚ Apple II or TRS-80 in front of a non-tech savvy person and the look you will receive is one of absolute bafflement. For one‚ though they were made in the 70s‚ that was over 40 years ago and personal computing has gone through many interface changes since then. While the Trinity may resemble what we 21st century computer users are used to‚ they don’t exactly fit the profile for a personal computer any businessman/women would currently desire
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2 Fundamentals of Computer Systems You need to be able to: (a) define a computer system (b) describe the importance of computer systems in the modern world (c) explain the need for reliability in computer systems (d) explain the need for adherence to suitable professional standards in the development‚ use and maintenance of computer systems (e) explain the importance of ethical‚ environmental and legal considerations when creating computer systems. What is a computer system? At its very basic
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SYLLABUS Cambridge International AS and A Level Computing 9691 For examination in June and November 2014 University of Cambridge International Examinations retains the copyright on all its publications. Registered Centres are permitted to copy material from this booklet for their own internal use. However‚ we cannot give permission to Centres to photocopy any material that is acknowledged to a third party even for internal use within a Centre. © University of Cambridge International Examinations
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Matching Dell 1. Analyzing Dell’s value chain and competitive strategy‚ explain how Dell was able to succeed (build competitive advantage) in the low profitable situation of the PC market. “Value Chain Analysis” is a tool for analyzing the value creation system of competitors. Objective is to develop a value creating system with competitive advantage. A value chain is a chain of activities. Products pass all activities of the chain in order and at each activity the product gains some value. The
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This form can be used to organize your thoughts about a case. As you perform your analysis remain open to the fact that your interpretation of the facts may change and therefore you should constantly revisit your answers. Define the Problem: Describe the type of case and what problem(s) or issue(s) should be the focus for your analysis. The type of case that this is an evaluation case. In this case‚ one of the major problems that will be the main focus is the simple fact that there have been
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Overview 1976 - Apple was founded by college dropouts Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak 1980 - Apple went public 1985 - Jobs left after tumultuous struggles with then CEO Sculley‚ and founded NeXT 2000 - Jobs became the CEO 2001 - Introduced a digital music player‚ the iPod 2007 - Apple Computers Inc. became Apple Inc. ‚ unveiled the iPhone. Apple has 4 main divisions: Laptop and personal computer division Music
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Executive Summary History Ever since Apple Inc. was established‚ they never had a straight way to reach success‚ but today Apple. Inc is the one of the largest and most successful technological companies around the world. Their main key to success is that they have a good management team that is led by founder Mr. Steve Job. They have had some issues that may have had some bad influence to their recent success‚ such as gross margins that were not increasing despite falling component prices‚ but
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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 hardware industry there is intense competition and the only way to gain market share is to take customers
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The good or bad apple approach as well as the situational approach are not the only part of making ethical decisions but they will have an influence in the certain stages along the way. There are two main important components that make up the ethical decision making model. First being the ethical decision making process and second is the factors that influence that process. There are also four important stages within the process which include awareness‚ judgment‚ intention‚ and action or behavior
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