Apple Inc. is a successful developer of both computers and consumer electronics. The company’s most popular products include Macintosh computers‚ iPod mp3 players‚ iPhone smartphones and most recently the iPad‚ which is a hybrid of a tablet computer‚ and an eReader. Apple’s Macintosh computers‚ iPods‚ iPhones‚ and iPads all share characteristics that make them part of the general information technology industry. However‚ since they are very different products each belongs to a more specific industry
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Market Analysis of the Apple iPod The market studied here is that of the iPod: ‘a brand of portable digital media player de-signed and marketed by Apple Computer.’ Apple have cleverly created a mp3 player that has outsold all competition by using the advantage of brand loyalty. The iPod family has evolved since the original launch in October 2001 when the 5GB iPod was released‚ fol-lowed in 2002 with the launch of the 10GB and 20GB versions. By 2004 Apple had re-leased the iPod mini‚ iPod shuffle
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The Uneasily Defined Organizational Structure of Apple Anna Windust MGT/230 January 20‚ 2013 Christi Monk The Uneasily Defined Organizational Structure of Apple Organizational structures have been used for centuries to help people within organizations to understand who holds authoritative roles and how it is ordered‚ who has certain responsibilities and how they are organized and executed‚ and how communication flows between the tiers of management (“BusinessDictionary‚” 2013). There are
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Apple conducts all sorts of research to determine and identify their specific target markets to assist them in their marketing strategies to promote their wide range of products. To help them in this process‚ they need to analyse and break down the different markets into segmentation categories. The four main bases‚ which segment a consumer market‚ are known as Geographic‚ Demographic‚ Psychographic and Behavioural segmentation. Geographic Segmentation is based on variables such as region‚ city
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“In the first quarter of 2010‚ the market for private homes in Singapore saw a record breaking prices and transaction volumes‚ prompting calls for government intervention to cool the market.” Using economic analysis‚ explain the reasons for the “record breaking prices and transaction volumes” for private homes in Singapore. Private homes in Singapore seeing a record breaking prices and transaction volumes is due to the actions of both the consumers and the producers‚ which will cause a shift in
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profit. * Management decision making application‚ include pricing and planning. Costs of alternative methods of production are useful in planning the most efficient method of production. Costs of alternative options for a product suggested by market research are necessary to determine whether it is profitable. Inventories – manufacturing and non - manufacturing * Manufacturing and non - manufacturing business entities engage in many of the same selling and administrative activities such
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Oligopolistic markets‚ such as supermarkets or car manufacturing‚ can be defined in terms of market structure or in terms of market conduct. An oligopolistic market is one that has several dominant firms with the power to influence the market they are in; an example of this could be the supermarket industry which is dominated by several firms such as Tesco‚ Sainsbury’s‚ and Waitrose etc... Furthermore an oligopolistic market can be defined in terms of its structure and its conduct‚ which involve
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Four Market Structures Shavon Harrison ECON222 Kunsoo Choi What are the four market structures and their characteristics? According to McConnell and Brue (2004) describe four market structures that companies align themselves with during the course of their corporate lives.: “Pure Competition‚ Pure Monopoly‚ Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly. Companies may move from market structure to market structure over the course of growth and time. This movement between structures may be the result
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Organisational Structure Introduction I am writing this report for organisational structures which are different structures based on different categories in the business. For example a business like Volkswagen base their structure around the products as the products needs the most attention and all departments have to be involved in the production of the vehicles. My two businesses are Apple and the NHS. The reason why I have chosen apple is because I believe Apple have a small basic structure which helps
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Maximizing Profits in Market Structures Paper XECO/212 December 16‚ 2012 Maximizing Profits in Market Structures Paper Today’s economy has many different factors that keep in afloat and keeps spending at an all-time high. There are many determining factors that dictate what direction our economy will be heading in. Some of the most important factors in regards with dealing with create revenue for the western worlds are market structures. The most important of the market structures would easily be
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