Diversification Strategies Bus508 09/15/2010 1. Compare and contrast the two businesses-core business‚ their size‚ financials‚ global presence‚ use of e business (marketing‚ sales etc) The first business I examined was NetFlix. Netflix is in the midst of a company downturn and must make drastic changes to turn the company back around. Recently the company decided to increase the cost of their monthly services from $10 to $16. This over time caused a decline of 805‚000 customers domestically
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stage‚ we can analyze that Apple Inc. is more focus on the components such as the current technologies than on the employees based on the mission statement. SWOT analysis can be used to analyze the internal and external environment of Apple Inc. The internal environment factors are strengths that represent value to the organization and weaknesses that hinder the organization’s ability to compete. Opportunities that help the organization to stay as the leaders in the market and threats that affect negatively
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Company Background Apple Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively “Apple” or the “Company”) designs‚ manufactures and markets mobile communication and media devices‚ personal computers‚ and portable digital music players‚ and sells a variety of related software‚ services‚ peripherals‚ networking solutions‚ and third-party digital content and applications. The Company’s products and services include iPhone ® ‚ iPad ® ‚ Mac ® ‚ iPod ® ‚ Apple TV ® ‚ a portfolio of consumer and professional
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Abstract From humble beginnings in 1976‚ Apple inc. has become a leader in the computer industry. Through their leadership and management they are credited for the growth of the personal computer industry. Apple designs‚ manufactures‚ and markets personal computers and many related software‚ services‚ peripheral and network solutions. With such products as the iMac‚ iPod‚ iPhone‚ and iPad; Apple has continue its vision of innovation. This has allowed them to garner a relatively large base of loyal
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Hewlett Packard by Steve Wozniak‚ Apple Computers Inc. was established on 1976 by the willingness of these two individuals to create a small‚ practical and user-friendly computer for home usage – with Job’s garage as being the main office‚ the computer was sold only by its system‚ meaning that no case‚ monitor or whatsoever was sold with it (Richardson‚ 2008). In this industry‚ Apple is facing several competitors such as‚ Samsung‚ Lenovo‚ Huawei and Sony‚ but Apple is still the most profitable and
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Diversification is a corporate strategy to enter into a new market or industry which the business is not currently in‚ whilst also creating a new product for that new market. This is most risky section of the Ansoff Matrix‚ as the business has no experience in the new market and does not know if the product is going to be successful. Restructuring is the corporate management term for the act of reorganizing the legal‚ ownership‚ operational‚ or other structures of a company for the purpose of making
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Case Study I Apple Inc.: Taking a Bite Out of the Competition เสนอ อ.ดร. อรุณี ตันวิสุทธิ์ จัดทําโดย นางสาวอุบลวรรณ นางสาวณัฐพร นายพิเชษฐ นายพีรยสถ นางสาวศศิธร ทรัพยมาก ยืนยงพิสิฐ กาญจนพฤกษ องควณิช เมฆมาลัย รหัสประจําตัว 5002030301 รหัสประจําตัว 5002030525 รหัสประจําตัว 5002030681 รหัสประจําตัว 5002031044 รหัสประจําตัว 5002031226 Case Study: Apple Inc.: Taking a Bite Out of the Competition Apple Inc.: Taking a Bite Out of the Competition 1. Brief Introduction and Key Issue บริษัท
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Apple conducts all sorts of research to determine and identify their specific target markets to assist them in their marketing strategies to promote their wide range of products. To help them in this process‚ they need to analyse and break down the different markets into segmentation categories. The four main bases‚ which segment a consumer market‚ are known as Geographic‚ Demographic‚ Psychographic and Behavioural segmentation. Geographic Segmentation is based on variables such as region‚ city
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Corporate Case Study: Apple Inc. Article One: Apple’s Secret Plan for Its Cash Stash In 2012‚ Forbes Magazine published an article that discusses what Apple Inc. plans to do with the large amounts of money it has acquired over the years. The sum reaches up to $100 billion‚ making the company one of the most profitable in history. However‚ the company has around $64 billion of their cash stuck oversees. If Apple were to choose to move the money back to the United States they would be hit with a
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DIVERSIFICATION. For companies‚ they all want to have bigger market share and earn more profit. So they will find many ways to penetration into the market like diversification. Diversification strategies are used to expand firms’ operations by adding markets‚ products‚ services‚ or stages of production to the existing business. The purpose of diversification is to allow the company to enter lines of business that are different from current operations.There are basically two broad forms of diversification
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