Apple Inc. 2010 Apple’s Competitive Advantages Apple was the first company that launched computers for personal use but by 2010 the company viewed itself as mobile device company. The competitive advantages for Apple throughout history have been ease of use‚ industrial design and technical elegance. Apple designed its products from scratch using chips‚ disk drives and monitors. For instance the iMac that came out in august 1998 was available to buy with colorful translucent cases with an eggshell
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APPLE INC. VS SAMSUNG In Australia‚ the electronic industry is dominated by oligopoly. The two companies from the electronic industry‚ Apple Inc. and Samsung‚ control more than 46% of the market share just from smartphones which gives them dominance that has led to increased difficulties for other firms to enter the market‚ decreased prices for consumers and higher profits. The competition between these two industries also has caused uproars in employment issues‚ court cases and copyright controversies
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digital marketing agency focused on creating relationships with growing businesses to serve them with impactful branding‚ highly functional and engaging websites‚ and business-changing inbound marketing. West Designs dedicates itself to three core competencies: 1. Branding: We tell stories through design and messaging. We develop extensive identity packages for clients that include logo design‚ branding style guides‚ collateral design‚ and captivating communication strategies. 2. Web Design/Development:
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External Factor Analysis for Apple Inc Apple is an American organization that specializes in the conception and manufacturing of consumer electronics as well as connected software products (Breillatt 45). It operates over 300 stores in the world. The company has an employee base of about 50‚ 000.In order to understand and analyze the external environment and to know the current state of affairs and what the future holds‚ the PEST analysis method is used in this paper. Societal Environment Political
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Apple Inc. in 2012 1. What‚ historically‚ have been Apple’s competitive advantages? First competitive advantage of Apple is high margin. In Exhibit 5 you can compare the percentage of gross margins and R&D/Sales of three major PC manufacturers. The percentage of gross margin of apple is the highest among the three from 2006 while there is no big difference in R&D/Sales. This implies that the manufacturing process of Apple is more efficient than those of other companies and that consumers are willing
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the case. Analysis Core Competencies A core competency in Chipotle lies in their vision to ‘Change the way people think and eat fast food’. Chipotle was able to draw a much different concept than most other fast food chains. Through leadership and guidance of their founder Steve Ells‚ Chipotle has been able to grow into a large multinational corporation trading on the stock exchange and having thousands of locations in North America and many more in Europe. Their competency lied in commitment to
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5/14/2009 Apple Inc. Case Study Key Success Factors •Expertise in particular technology/research • Proven ability to improve production processes • Customer-need satisfaction • Continued innovation Recommended Strategy Spread out consumer confidence in Steve Jobs to the Apple team and stakeholders Develop and launch the stakeholders. MacBook Air Mini by 2nd quarter 2010 to encourage said consumer confidence in Apple. 1 5/14/2009 Environmental Analysis Internal Positive
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Whether “Apple Computer” or “Apple Inc”‚ the company’s competitive advantage has historically always been innovation mixed with secrecy. Their superiority arises from being the first and furtive. They broke new ground with the first usable “personal computing devices”. They created a Mac OS and refused to license it out. They changed the way we listen to music‚ the iPod‚ and what we want our cell phone to do‚ iPhone. Job’s theory was to tell people what they want and this idea made Apple a leader
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Apple and Dell 1. Explain how each business differentiates itself. 2. Evaluate the benefits to apple of differentiating itself from its competitors. Apple Inc. and Dell Inc. are both regarded as reputable‚ distinguished businesses. They both provide products and services which are associated with consumer electronics‚ computer software and/or hardware‚ and general‚ personal computing devices. This means that both companies produce products which are sold within the same market. However‚ even though
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Apple Inc. Presented by Wei Ping Sirin Taskin John Contents Company background Name | Apple Inc. | Industries served | Computer hardware‚ Computer software‚ Consumer electronics‚ Digital distribution | Geographic areas served | Worldwide | Headquarters | U.S. | Current CEO | Tim Cook | Revenue | $ 156.508 billion (2012) | Profit | $ 41.733 billion (2012) | Employees | 72‚800 (2012) | Main Competitors | Samsung Electronics Co‚ International Business Machines Corporation
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