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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Executive Overview Apple has been established for over 30 years since Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple Computer in 1976. During Steven Jobs’s tenure as CEO‚ Apple’s mission was to bring an easy-to-use computer to market. However‚ Apple was not performing as good as Jobs projected‚ so he resigned in 1985. In the following 12 years‚ Apple experienced three different CEO’s and still could not be brought back to life. Under John Sculley‚ Apple worked to drive down costs by switching much
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Apple Inc.‚ is an American multinational corporation start with a focus on designing and manufacturing consumer electronics and closely related software products. Established by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak‚ in Cupertino‚ California on April 1‚ 1976. Apple develops‚ sells‚ and supports a series of personal computers‚ portable media players‚ mobile phones‚ computer software‚ and computer hardware and hardware accessories. As of December 2007‚ the company operates about 200 retail stores in five
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Principals of Management Assessment Correct Answers are in RED I Scored 64% ( 33/51 ) 1. A value chain is the sequence of activities that begins with raw materials. What result does a value chain end with? Choose 1 answer A. Outsourcing or insourcing B. Supply and demand C. Delivery of products or services D. Operations and logistics C 2. What happens when an effective value chain is created? Choose 1 answer A. Total quality management is not required
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Case Analysis: Apple Inc.‚ 2012 IBM introduced the personal computer into the mainstream in the 1980’s‚ after Apple pioneered the first usable “personal ” computing devices. By the early 1990’s‚ lower price and expanding capabilities drove the growth of “Wintel” (the windows OS combined with an Intel processor). The revenue growth continued through the early 2000’s then lowed over the next decades. The personal computer (PC) industry is in high dynamics‚ with new products emerging and old technology
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1 1. “Quality is a dynamic state associated with products‚ services‚ people‚ processes‚ and environments that meet or exceeds expectations and help produce superior value. (Goetsch & Davi‚ 2013) 2. The total quality approach is as follows: “Total quality consists of the continual improvement of people‚ processes‚ products (including services)‚ and environments. With total quality anything and everything that affects quality is a target for continual improvement. When the total quality concept
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Apple Summary: Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in California‚ that designs‚ develops‚ and sells consumer electronics‚ computer software and personal computers. Its best-known hardware products are the Mac line of computers‚ the iPod media player‚ the iPhone smartphone‚ and the iPad tablet computer. Its consumer software includes theOS X and iOS operating systems‚ the iTunes media browser‚ the Safari web browser‚ and the iLife and iWork creativity and productivity
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Abstract Quality management‚ known also as quality control‚ is a system utilized by all types of businesses all around the world. This type of management system has the ability to assist any type of organization provide consumers with the best product and/or service possible by managing its activities‚ this points to an increase in its usefulness and productivity. Through the many types of systems used for quality management‚ a business can monitor and measure the quality of its products and/or
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Apple Inc. in 2012 case study Executive Summary According to the case “Apple Inc. in 2012”‚ it was clearly illustrate that Apple Inc. is one the largest computer manufacturer in the world. The Apple company has a perfect concept and operating systems of manufacturing new products in which launch to the customers. Also‚ there are some other companies try to imitate the Apple Inc.‚ but some of them were failed. The main purpose of this report is to seek the problems of the Apple Inc. and
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Apple Board of Directors decided to hand over the reins of Apple Inc. to Timothy Donald Cook better known as Tim Cook‚ then Chief Operating Officer(COO)‚ and make him the new Chief Executive Officer of the company. Jobs resigned from the post of CEO and was chosen to be the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Tim cook was also inducted in to the Board. The decision taken by Jobs was not because of any pressure or due to declining sales or problem with the company but because he was suffering from
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