A Strategic Analysis of Apple Corporation Timothy Pivovarnik Jeff Shaver Adam Siler Richard Sterling Dave Strubbe   EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 HISTORY OF APPLE 4 THE PC INDUSTRY 10 THE ONLINE MUSIC INDUSTRY 12 THE FUTURE OF APPLE 12 PERSONAL COMPUTERS A SHIFT IN STRATEGY 12 APPLE IN THE LIVING ROOM 14 STRATEGIC ALLIANCES AND ENTERTAINMENT 15 EXTERNAL ANALYSIS 17 TECHNOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT 17 Brand Awareness Style at a Premium 17 Interoperability 18 Technology
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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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the brand. Therefore the aim of this assignment is to illustrate how a chosen company has built Brand Equity instilling awareness‚ reputation‚ loyalty and prominence in the marketplace. My choice of brand for evaluation is Apple as it’s a really powerful brand and as an Apple advocate I feel the overwhelming presence of the brand in all my technology based purchases. Brand Management Defined In simple terms Brand Management is the art of creating and maintaining a brand. If we explore further we
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Design Features Performance OS X Lion Built-in Apps Tech Specs Built on a rock-solid UNIX foundation‚ OS X is engineered to take full advantage of the technologies in every new Mac. And to deliver the most intuitive and integrated computer experience. Hardware and software made for each other. Since the software on every Mac is created by the same company that makes the Mac‚ you get a fully integrated system in which everything works together perfectly. OS X works with the
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Business of Software: Assignment 1 - Apple Due on Monday‚ 12.03.2012 Kovacs - Corsaro Marcello Romanelli 1 Marcello Romanelli Business of Software (Kovacs - Corsaro): Assignment 1 - Apple Exercise 1 What is Apples core competence? If this changes over time‚ discuss Apples core competence in general‚ and then choose a specific time period and discuss its core competence in that time period. As we can see from Apple’s history we can say that is a company that knows how to adapt
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Business Strategy Apple Case 09 March 2012 “All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer‚ But what none can see is the strategy Out of which victory is evolved.” Sun Tzu (1) 1 Executive summary 2 2 Introduction 3 3 Apple INC.: An overview 3 4 Strategy Analysis 4 4.1 Branch of economic activity 4 4.2 The 8 key concepts 4 4.2.1 Competitive advantage 4 4.2.2 Long term 4 4.2.3 Organization 4 4.2.4 Scope 5 4.2.5 Environment
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Apple Brand Audit 1. Brand Inventory A. Brand Elements Apple Inc. has been committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students‚ educators‚ creative professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative hardware‚ software and Internet offerings. Apple Inc. designs‚ manufactures‚ and sells computers‚ music players‚ and now mobile communication devices. Apple Inc. has always been known by its users as a revolutionary and innovative company that never
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Apple Company SW Analysis Abstract This paper will attempt to identify the strengths‚ weaknesses‚ of the Apple Company; a multimillion dollar technological company. There are several aspects of the Apple Company that makes it strong in the industry however there are also areas of weakness that makes the company vulnerable to its competition. This paper will outline the company’s strengths and how it dominates in this ever changing technological world. At the same time this paper will outline the
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Apple has become one of the most distinguished companies over the past decades; with its advanced product innovation and diverse product line it has managed to produce extremely large revenues and margins. Founded in 1976 on the west coast Apple inc. has single handedly caused a computer revolution‚ in essence‚ creating the personal computer industry. For the majority of its company’s existence CEO Steve Jobs had run it. In light of Steve Jobs unfortunate death Apple will have to continue to create
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Introduction to Apple‚ Inc Background History Apple Computers Inc is an American based multinational company which deals with consumer electronics goods and computer software’s. It was incorporated in the State of California on January 3‚ 1977. The company was co-founded in 1976 by Steven P. Jobs and Stephen G. Wozniak. Mr. Jobs who is the company’s Chief Operating Officer came up with the name in early 1976. At the time‚ he was often visiting and working on a small farm‚ friends of his owned
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