325- 339 Product Management Assignment 1 Brand Audit of the Apple iPhone Georgia Louise Benjamin (217204)‚ Kyle Leong (275059)‚ Polina Dozortseva (298367)‚ Martin Weissbart (364260) Submitted: 10th September‚ 2009 Tutorial Time: Mondays 10am -11am‚ Tutor: Ronald Word Count excluding Footnotes‚ Headings and Appendices: 2176 words 1 Executive Summary The objective of this study is to make inferences about the iPhone’s brand equity from a sample of the population. Specifically‚ the value
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Understanding Apple – SWOT Analysis By Malcolm Manness - November 27‚ 2012| Tickers: AAPL‚ XOM‚ GOOG| 4 Comments Share on emailEmail Share on google_plusonePrint Malcolm is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinions of our bloggers and are not formally edited. Understanding Apple – SWOT Analysis Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) now has the largest market cap of any company. It zoomed past Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) and never looked back. It
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 Apple – An Introduction 3 Macroeconomic Trends 4 Technical Analysis 5 Fundamental Analysis 8 Analysis of Financing Activities 8 Investments and Capital Budgeting Decisions 10 Industry Analysis 11 Performance Analysis APPLE INTRODUCTION Established in 1976‚ Apple ignited the personal computer revolution with the Apple II and the Macintosh. Today‚ Apple designs‚ manufactures and markets personal computers‚ portable digital music players and mobile communication devices
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Apple Inc. has long been a leader in the consumer electronics industry. Apple’s success has lead to fierce rivalries from competitors wanting a piece of the growing industry. Two of Apple’s most notable rivalries are with Samsung and Google. It is worth noting that for the majority of Apple’s existence‚ Microsoft had been seen as their biggest competitor. Although Microsoft is still a competitor‚ Samsung and Google’s successful entry into mobile consumer electronics has left Microsoft lagging behind
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Apple’s Systemic Approach to Innovation Apple is widely considered as the #1 innovative company in the world. The company’s innovation strategy involves terrific new products and innovative business models. The company delivers consumers with a succession of presents – great software in fabulous hardware in beautiful packaging (“really good ideas wrapped up in other really good ideas‚” as Michael Lopp‚ senior engineering manager at Apple puts it). Apple also pioneers into a new business spaces and
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Apple SWOT Apple’s Strengths * ITunes Online Store is an excellent source of revenue derived from sales of music and applications for Apple’s iPhone‚ IPad and iPod touch devices. * Excellent brand loyalty by its customers. Many own multiple products (Mac‚ iPhone‚ etc.) * No debt‚ excellent cash flow. $13bn Net Income in most recent quarter. (Dec 2011). * Excellent Research & Development division that is able to deliver (premium) products that customers will stand in line to buy
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that cover pricing. In each of the three theories‚ the outside market influences how goods are sold. Supply and demand: According to this theory‚ the supply of an item and its demand affect its price. An item that is in high demand will have a high price. An item that has a low demand will have a low price. Market structure is another economic pricing theory. This theory looks at how many outlets in a given area offer the same (or similar) products. Elasticity of demand measures how much someone will
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Case analysis 1 – Apple Computer 1. What were some of Apple’s biggest successes and failures? The greatest success of Apple Computer would be iPod/iPhone/iTunes/App store. They brought a whole new level of technology into this world. The function and design of these four products became a new trend that everyone must have. They began with iPod/iTunes‚ the design of iPod was revolutionary because it didn’t look like a normal MP3 player‚ Apple designed the internal hard disk into the iPod. Moreover
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Price Price which means that the amount of payment for goods and services given in money term. Price also is the total values for consumers exchange for the benefit for their satisfaction by using or having the product or service. Price decisions must focus on product design‚ promotion costs‚ distribution and more mixed‚ forming a valid imploded marketing plan. In arrange the price of a product‚ marketers must use the pricing strategy. However‚ use the pricing strategy not only can fascinate more
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MGMT 420 Apple SWOT Analysis Right now Apple Inc. is among the leaders in the world when it comes to computer technology and the smart phone. I wanted to do a quick SWOT analysis on Apple since the passing of Steve Jobs to see how they are doing and where they will be going in the future. Apple Inc. designs‚ manufactures‚ and markets personal computers‚ mobile communication devices‚ and portable digital music and video players. The company also sells various related
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