Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing consumer electronics and software products. It was established in Cupertino‚ California on April 1‚ 1976 by Steve Jobs‚ Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne‚[1] and incorporated on January 3‚ 1977.[2] The company’s hardware products include the Macintosh line of personal computers‚ the iPod line of portable media players‚the iPad line of tablets‚ and the iPhone line of mobile phones. Apple’s software products
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The World Is An Apple By: Alberto S. Florentino Characters: Gloria - Mario - Pablo ( An improvised home behind a portion of the Intramuros walls.Two wooden boxes flank the doorway. At left is an acacia tree with a wooden bench under it.) (MARIO enters from the street at left. He is in his late twenties‚ shabbily dressed and with hair that seems to have been uncut for weeks. He puts his lunch bag on the bench
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Running head: Apple vs Microsoft 1 The Competitive Strategies of Apple vs Microsoft Dr. Gina Zaffino Bus 508‚ Contemporary Business 11/03/2012 Running head: Apple vs Microsoft 2 Determine how each corporate culture differs from the other? Apple corporate culture at times can be seen as a “brutal and unforgiving” place to work. Accountability is strictly enforced‚ decisions are swift‚ and communication is articulated clearly from the top. Failure is not an option
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MGT 488 Strategic Management: The Capstone Credit hours: 3 Term & year: Spring 2014 Delivery Mode: Tuesdays‚ 6-8:30 p.m.‚ UHB 1002‚ Lecture/Discussion Instructor: Carolee Rigsbee Office: UHB 4077 Office Hours: By appointment Phone: 217.206.8254 Email: crigs2@uis.edu Fax: 217.206.7543 Course Description (per catalog) “This course integrates concepts from CBM core courses to study key issues facing top managers and management teams. Students will analyze industry environments
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[pic] Apple‚ Inc. Team Industry Analysis TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction & Mission Statement. a. Description of overall operating activities b. Main resources of company 2. Analysis of Actual General Economic Activities a. Sales growth and Income growth b. Competition‚ investment opportunities and regulations 3. Analysis and description of main competitor – Microsoft a. Brief analysis and description 4. Annual Reports
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4 2.1The evolution of Customer Loyalty strategy 4 2.2 Benefits of Loyalty 4 2.2.1 Cost savings……………………………………........................................................4 2.2.2 Referrals……………….…………………………………………………………….4 2.2.3 Complain rather than defect…………………………………………………………4 2.2.4 Channel Migration…………………………………………………………………..4 2.2.5 Greater awareness of brand asset……………………………………………….…...4 2.2.6 Turn left rather than right………………………………………………...………….4 2.3 Customer Loyalty approaches……………………………………………
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Introduction Of Apple Inc. Apple Inc. is globally renowned as one of the leading companies‚ especially for its specialization in the personal computers and consumer electronics industry. The company is most well-known for the iPod‚ a digital music player and Macintosh‚ a personal computer released in 1984. Co-founded by Steve Jobs in 1976‚ the company was named under Apple Computers Inc. and its initial product Apple IIe gained relative popularity and success. The release of the Macintosh revolutionized
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economy of scale. But IKEA concentrates in the design of their product where the designers work to build savings-generating features in the production and product itself. IKEA encourages its customers to be “prosumers” where most of its product will be self-delivered and self-assembled by the customers But they do provide the delivery and assembly services at an extra cost which IKEA usually hire the local companies to provide those services. IKEA tries to provide a wholesome experience at its
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Porter’s five forces Porter’s five forces model is an outline for any industry analysis that is used in analyzing an industry. The five competitive forces are; Threats of new entrants‚ bargaining power of customers‚ threat of substitute products‚ bargaining power of suppliers and competitive rivalry within an industry. By applying Michael Porter’s five forces framework‚ it will help establish Apple’s position in the market. Threats of new entrants In situations where it is easier for anyinvestor
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Part 1: Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty Definition of Consumer Satisfaction: The satisfaction of customer is considered as the popular topic at the practice on marketing and the research as academic in view of the fact that the primary study of Cardozo’s (1965) on the effort of customers‚ their expectations and along with the satisfaction of them. In spite of taking many attempts for measuring and explaining the satisfaction of customer‚ there is not so much consensus conducting in relation
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