Apple Inc. Business Analysis MGT/521 October 4‚ 2011 Apple Inc. Business Analysis Part I Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics‚ computer software‚ and personal computers. The company ’s best-known hardware products include the Macintosh computers‚ iPod‚ iPhone and iPad. As of August 2010‚ the company operates 301 retail stores in ten countries‚ and an online store. In September of 2010‚ Apple had 46‚600 full time employees and 2‚800
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Company name: Gilligan Inc. Goods: A. Ipad 1. The New Ipad * Model Number: A1403 (EMC 2499) 2. Ipad 2 * Model Number: A1397 (EMC 2424) 1. Product descriptions (The New Ipad) The iPad 3rd Generation (Wi-Fi/Cellular‚ CDMA - Verizon/A-GPS‚ A1403) which some may choose to refer to as the "iPad 3 is a tablet computer for the web‚ e-mail‚ photos‚ video‚ music‚ gaming and more. The iPad 3rd Gen line is significantly more powerful and the focus has shifted more substantially
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MGMT 479 Disc 3 Case study #22 Best Buy Co Inc. (2009) Resources: Cash generated by operations (sales) Public Company Lower cost structure Aggressive acquisition policy (2000-2009) Vertical integration‚ range from technology to Kitchen appliances Private-label credit card Suppliers Economics of scale Brands Best Buy.com (internet sales) Magnolia Home Theater (High end audio visual products and services) Future Shop (international market‚ Canada) Geek
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Case 10: Apple Computer and Steve P. Jobs CURRENT SITUATION * Performance The current performance at Apple Inc. shows a slightly higher gross margin percentage of 33.9 compared to 32.9 for the previous year. This is based on figures from the quarterly report ending March 29‚ 2008 and the date for the comparison figure is the previous year ending March 31‚ 2007. The revenue for that same quarter was $7.51 billion with a net quarterly profit of $1.05 billion. The Macintosh computers unit
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Economic Analysis of Apple Inc ECO320-65: CAPSTONE Economic Analysis of Apple Inc. Introduction 3 Industry analysis 4 Personal computers 4 Computer software 5 iPod and iTunes 5 Company analysis 7 Apple Computers Inc 7 Apple Inc 8 Innovation 9 Profitability 9 Recommendations 11 Personal computing 11 Conclusions 12 References 13 Appendix 14 Introduction The primary purpose of this report is to execute an economic analysis on Apple Inc. We will review the impacts that the
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The Marketing Strategies of Apple‚ Inc. Market segmentation strategy involves dividing the market into groups‚ where individuals have similar needs and wants for services and products. It could also be a segmentation of people on the basis of behavior‚ culture and economic status. To get a clearer picture of what is market segmentation‚ one can always look into the definition provided by business dictionary.com‚ market segmentation is defined as‚ "Process of defining and sub-dividing a large homogenous
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Revenue Recognition: Apple Inc. THE COMPANY Our analysis of Apple Inc. will incorporate the general overview of the company and how it records it revenues. We will observe how they make an honest effort to be within compliance of all accounting standards according to the Financial Accounting Standards Board for recording and disclosure of its income. Apple’s leading competitor‚ Google Inc.‚ will also be examined to see whether they are comparable to Apple and still within compliance of the Securities
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Liz Chen Marketing Strategy from 1970-1999 Marketing Strategy: 1. The Early Years 1976- 1980 • By the end of 1970’s Apple had a staff of computer programmers and designers and a production line. After Apple II they introduced Apple III in May‚ 1980. The main competitors for Apple were IBM and Microsoft competing for market share. In 1984 Apple launched Macintosh which was initially sold well but the follow up sales were not strong. The computer industry destiny changed when the Laser
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Introduction In this project I am going to describe the Strategic and Marketing Plan of Apple Inc‚ Which is the biggest consumer electronics provider in the world. It provides wide range of consumer electronics in the market like MAC computers‚ IPOD‚ I Phone‚ LAPTOP‚ IPAD. It has about 49‚400 employs and over 240 Retails Store all around the world wide out of it 218 are in US and 24 in UK rest in other countries. I personally think that before studying the strategy of any organization we need to
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Organizational Analysis: Apple Inc. Part 1 Apple Inc. History/Background: Apple Inc. is an iconic United States technological company based in Cupertino‚ California. Apple is engaged in the development of World changing consumer electronic products such a mobile phones‚ music media devices‚ tablets‚ and personal computers. The company also sells and creates operating system software‚ peripherals and delivery of third-party digital content (iTunes) to consumers. Apple sells its products and services
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