Why invest in Apple Inc.? Daniel A. Martinez MGT 521 March 12‚ 2012 Diane Hunt Wagner Abstract This paper presents a brief discussion and analysis of Apple Inc. using the Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) management model as a way of providing the reader an “at a glance” perspective prior to making a decision to invest in the firm. Some of the company’s financial figures obtained from its recently published 2011 unaudited financial reports such as the income statement
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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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Topic Analysis: Apple Inc. In January 2007‚ three decades after its incorporation‚ Apple Computer Inc. shed the second word in its name and became Apple Inc. With this move‚ the company signaled a fundamental shift away from its historic status as a vendor of the Macintosh personal computer (PC) line. Mac sales remained vital to Apple’s future‚ but they now accounted for less than half of its total revenue. Apple was no longer just a computer company. Its move into digital music‚ with the
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Apple Inc. history and important information we came up with from the case that allowed us to successfully determine the “3 C’s and 4 P’s” and potential improvements: April fool’s Day of 1976 would mark the start date of the very powerful Apple Inc. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak‚ two college dropouts‚ began creating a computer circuit board in a garage. The main goal was to bring an easy-to-use computer to the market. By 1978‚ the product Apple II was released‚ and Apple Inc. became a powerful
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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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MKT 438 Defining Public Relations University of Phoenix Your Name: xxxxxxx Date: xxxxxxx‚ 2011 Defining Public Relations Effective relations between an organization and its publics are one of the keys to business success. Given the fact that today’s society is now completely flooded with both electronic and traditional communications‚ the practice of public relations has never been of more value. In fact‚ “In the United States alone‚ public relations is a multibillion-dollar business practiced
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Defining Public Relations The ability to adhere to one worldwide definition of public relations is a challenging and one might say impossible task‚ and has concerned many public relations specials and scholars alike. They seem to agree that while individuals’ actual definition of public relations might vary in strategy and technique‚ the end goal is always the same‚ to influence public opinion favorably for one’s organization. Public Relations in My Own Words Public Relations deals with a broad
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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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considering all the different advertising situation ‚we can identify seven major type of advertising : 1. Brand advertising ‚the most visible type of advertising ‚is referred to as national or consumer advertising ‚brand advertising such as that for the apple mackintosh the classic 1984 commercial‚ focuses on the development of long-term brand identity image . 2. Retail or local advertising focuses on retailers ‚distributors ‚or dealers who sell their merchandise in a certain geographical area ‚retail
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1 Introduction Like every discipline also public relations have own code of ethics. Such a kind of code we need to prevent unethical actions. In some cases the code gets violated. In the following essay I will explain what code of ethics is and why do we need it. Main points of my essay will be: - What is code of ethics? - Why do public relations practitioners need code of ethics? - Case study - How to prevent violation of PR code of ethics? Definition of ethics normally determines
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