Apple SWOT Apple’s Strengths * ITunes Online Store is an excellent source of revenue derived from sales of music and applications for Apple’s iPhone‚ IPad and iPod touch devices. * Excellent brand loyalty by its customers. Many own multiple products (Mac‚ iPhone‚ etc.) * No debt‚ excellent cash flow. $13bn Net Income in most recent quarter. (Dec 2011). * Excellent Research & Development division that is able to deliver (premium) products that customers will stand in line to buy
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Apple Inc. Beginning in 1976‚ but really exploding over the last decade‚ Apple Inc. has become a well-respected‚ well recognized‚ and profitable company. By looking at the many facets of the company we are able to see what made this a competitive‚ successful‚ and thriving company today. According to Apple’s mission statement‚ “Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is committed
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RESEARCH‚ GURGAON STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PROJECT REPORT STRATEGY MANAGEMENT AT APPLE‚ INC. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. PRESENTED BY: Group 11 Kapil Bhati (19) Kumar Rathnam (21) N Praveen Kumar (29) Nikhil Yadav (30) Sharath Babu (46) Date: April 3‚ 2012 Contents 1. 2. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 3 APPLE: BRIEF HISTORY .......................................................................
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SITUATION COMEDY Situation Comedy or sitcom is a style of comedic drama where characters share a common environment with dialogue that includes humor. Sitcoms usually have a story line with the same familiar characters. Situation comedy originated on the radio but is now found primarily on television and the internet. In the United States director and producer William Asher has been credited with being “the man who created the sitcom”. He directed over a dozen of sitcoms including I love Lucy
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1. Describe Alexander the Great using Functions of Management. Planning Alexander knew a thing or two about setting objectives and what needs to be done to achieve it. He knew how to strategize. This was best shown when they were planning the attack to kill Darius. Leading The movie presented Alexander’s excellent leadership skills. He trusted his subordinates by delegating the jobs to them. He communicated with his army‚ if possible‚ one by one‚ to show his soldiers how he values them‚ to encourage
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LGT3105 Operations Management - Tutorial 5: Service Processes 1. The wheat harvesting season is short. Most farmers deliver their truckloads of wheat to a central storage bin and return back to the fields. The central storage bin is owned cooperatively by the farmers and they have assigned a waiting cost of $18 per hour for each truck and driver. The storage bin operates 16 hours per day and 7 days a week. It is capable of unloading an average of 35 trucks per hour. Full truckloads arrive at
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Abstract Art and Its Prejudges Albert Camus has once defined art as: “A product of the untalented‚ sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.” Many people may agree on that abstract art is simple to paint‚ it has not techniques and it is not representational but how can a paint that represents nothing in particular be so eye-catching to look at? When looking at an abstract painting people see the most freely formed type of artwork an artist can create‚ which allows many and different interpretations
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Innovation Apple is widely considered as the #1 innovative company in the world. The company’s innovation strategy involves terrific new products and innovative business models. The company delivers consumers with a succession of presents – great software in fabulous hardware in beautiful packaging (“really good ideas wrapped up in other really good ideas‚” as Michael Lopp‚ senior engineering manager at Apple puts it). Apple also pioneers into a new business spaces and creates new market niches. The
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1. Introduction to Apple Company Steve Jobs alongside Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne founded Apple Inc. under the objective of nurturing innovation in the computer business. Like any other company‚ the starting of Apple Inc. involved challenges of dealing with competition‚ winning the market share‚ unfavorable response from customers‚ lack of innovation‚ and lack of recognition by potential clients. With all these challenges acting against the ability of Apple to thrive in the computer business
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Corporate Strategy Apple Report Team C Margy Rizkalla Ibrahim Tawakol Pauline Kitur Soukeyna Gaye Kareem Abouelnaga Ehidiamhen Alikah First‚ we have to analyze the situation at which Steve Jobs has taken the decision of disabling Adobe from operating Flash on ipods touch‚ ipad‚ and iphones. Flash has been used in 95% of desktops even Mac itself. At one point in time‚ Apple owned a 20% stake in Adobe and had been working closely together for years. Apple had its doubts about Adobe’s reliability
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