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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CHAPTER 17 Capital Budgeting for the Multinational Corporation EASY (definitional) 17.1 The _______ is defined as the present value of future cash flows discounted at the project’s cost of capital minus the initial net cash outlay for the project. a) net present value b) equity-adjusted present value c) cost of capital d) value additive principle Ans: a Section: Net present value Level: Easy 17.2 The most desirable property of the NPV criterion is that it evaluates a) investments
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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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ORGANIZING Organizing is the process determining what the process to be done‚ how it will be done‚ and who is to do it.‚ a manger who wants t Basically‚ a manager who wants to organize hoir or her department must address these issues: 1. Determine what is to be done 2. Assigning tasks 3. Decide how achieve coordination 4. Decide on a span of management 5. Decide how much authority you should designate 6. Draw an organization chart ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE Is the basic
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Values and Ethical Decision-Making at Apple‚ Inc. Malika Hobeheidar‚ Lindsay Norwood‚ Jeff Isaacson‚ and Harold Peterson University of Phoenix Values and Ethical Decision-Making Compared with Apple‚ Inc. The values people choose and the ethical decisions they make in business will be an important part of their business experience. The way in which values and ethical decision-making are practiced compared to that of Apple‚ Inc. will be the focus of the following information. Furthermore
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Part I A. Present Value with Discount rate of 7% = 15000/(1+7%) = 15000/1.07 = $14‚018.69 Present Value with Discount rate of 4% = 15000/(1+4%) = 15000/1.04 = $14‚423.08 B. Account A - Present Value with Discount rate of 6% = 6500/(1+6%) = 6500/1.06 = $6‚132.08 Account B - Present Value with Discount rate of 6% = 12600/(1+6%)^2 = 12600/1.1236 = $11‚213.96 C. Present Value of Gold Mine 7% = 4900000/1.07 + 61‚000‚000/(1.07)^2 + 85‚000‚000/(1.07)^3 = 45‚794‚392.52 + 61‚000‚000/1.1449 + 85
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Analysis in Capital Budgeting In today’s business environment‚ company executives are often required to participate in a company’s capital budgeting process as the sponsor‚ reviewer or approving authority of investment decisions. In any of these capacities‚ it is imperative that the executive understands many of the key aspects of capital budgeting such as analyzing income statements‚ balance sheets‚ cash flows‚ appropriately discounting cash flows and‚ most importantly‚ identifying risk. Capital budgeting
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The two most important factors that made it difficult for Apple to compete in the PC industry were the lack of software availability for the Macintosh operating system and the lack of differentiation of Apple’s products. These two factors are key reasons why Apple’s share of the global PC market still languishes in the 3% range. Macintosh lagged in available applications early and is still paying the price for this today. In the 1990s‚ while the number of applications on PCs exploded‚ the Macintosh
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Part 5 Long-Term Investment Decisions Chapters in This Part 10 11 12 Capital Budgeting Techniques Capital Budgeting Cash Flows Risk and Refinements in Capital Budgeting INTEGRATIVE CASE 5 Lasting Impressions Company robably nothing that financial managers do is more important to the long-term success of a company than making good investment decisions. The term capital budgeting describes the process for evaluating and selecting investment projects. Often‚ capital expenditures can be very large
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