Management theory into management practice‚ Apple inc. case‚ module: mod001127‚ SID: 1230580 Management Theory into Management Practice Assignment Module: MOD001127 Year 2013 SID Number: 1230580 Module Leader: Roger Jeynes Apple Inc. Case Word Count: 2‚985 Table of content: 1. Introduction..............................................................................................................................4 2. External Environment………………………………………………………………………….…..4 2.1. Basic Characteristics
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Apple ’s financial performance continued to strengthen over the last several quarters. In the most recent earnings announcement‚ Apple reported significant growth in net revenues driven by the strong performance of its iPod product line. Net sales for the 2nd quarter grew to $4.36 billion‚ which is a 34% increase over 2nd quarter 2005 results. Net income increased by 41% to $410 million. (Apple Reports)The iPod product line continues to drive the financial performance of the company. In the 2nd quarter
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CORPORATE LEVEL STRATEGY OF APPLE COMPUTER INC. Low level of diversification (1976-1996) To examine what strategies have been used by Apple‚ we divided the period into two ages. The first age is in between 1976 until 1996 were we can observe that all the products sold by Apple were computer related. They started with Apple 1 and continuously developed their products up until the evolutionary of Macintosh. However‚ their development restrained only to computers‚ chips and software which indicates
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Apple Inc.‚ 2008 Case Analysis 1. What were Apple’s competitive advantages? The PC (personal computer) industry is fairly competitive‚ making it important for a company like Apple Inc. to stand out among its rivals. Although all computers are not created equally and each model can have vast differences‚ it is sometimes difficult for the end user to differentiate between brands. One competitive advantage for Apple is that Macs are known to be different than all other
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Running Head: EXTERNAL ANALYSIS OF APPLE‚ INC. APPLE‚ INC. External Analysis of Apple‚ Inc. Aaron Nance‚ Jeanette Odetola‚ Zuaibar Rashid‚ and Rachel Rozo Strategic Management MGMT 4340 FALL 2012 Dr. Uche Nwaubeze University of Houston‚ Victoria TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY……………………………………………………………….. 3 2. COMPANY HISTORY…………………………………………………………………... 2.1 Background…………………………………………………………………………. 2.2 Purpose of this study ……………………………………………………………… 3. EXTERNAL ANALYSIS ………………………………………………………………
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1.0 Introduction Apple was founded in 1976. It is a relatively young company; a company with its own unique philosophy as to the way things ought to be. Apple exerts significant creative influence on the technology industry. Today‚ the company has three major products: Mac computers‚ iPod music players‚ and the iPhone. In addition to these offerings‚ the company also offers operating systems‚ developer tools‚ and database software. Apple’s recent success in the marketplace is founded on a philosophy
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decisions being made. This can be determined either by hierarchy or departmentalization. Apple is a company that has a successful organizational structure determined by Steve Jobs who passed in October of 2011. Apple’s organizational structure is a combination of both vertical and horizontal. Apple’s infrastructure has been molded and molded again to fit the needs of the huge multi-billion dollar company. Apple began as a small business in 1976 with Steve Jobs and his partner Steve Wozniak by building
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decide what course of action should be taken given current performance. The Ansoff ’s matrix provides a very simple but very effective focus for considering different options for growth‚ and shows whether it is better to find new customers for existing products‚ offer more products to the existing consumer‚ or stay with existing products and attempt to gain a greater share of the market. Each section of Ansoff ’s matrix shows a strategy which would be used in times with what you are doing. There
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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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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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