Competitive Strategy: Apple’s competitive strategy is differentiation across the industry. Apple prides itself on innovation more than any other company‚ and is known for their unique top of the line products. Using differentiation as their main source of competitive advantage‚ they have succeeded to the top of their industry‚ while retaining higher than industry average profit margins. This innovative attitude is the source of long-term success throughout the history of Apple. For example
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Strategic Management Final Report for Case # 10 Prepared by : Hala Al-Ghawi & Noor Al-Saleh Company’s Mission Statement: Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. “Think Differently” is a concept Apple executes with perfection‚ Innovation being the core competency of the company. The company is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students
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share in the industry. Apple Computer Inc.‚ is known as Apple Inc. has proven that a company may successfully diversify its portfolio if they continue to be innovative in creating new products and improving older products. Apple Inc. was established in April 1‚ 1976 by founders Steve Wozniak and the late Steve Jobs with the release of one computer. The company then became incorporated on January 3‚ 1977 in Cupertino‚ California. During the early years of the company Apple was known as the manufacture
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NANO STRUCTURE AND NANO BAND Vivek kr. Garg ‚ Prateek sain‚ Vivek Tyagi ‚Piyush Sharma vivekpce51@gmail.com‚ piyushsharma19927@gmail.com ABSTRACT Albert Einstein first proved that each molecule measures about a nanometer (a billion of a meter) in diameter. And in 1959‚ it was Richard P. Feynman who predicted a technological world composed of self-replicating molecules whose purpose would be the production of nano-sized objects. Almost a hundred years after Einstein ’s insight and 40 years after
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here is the fact that the MP 3 player was neither introduced by SONY nor PHILIPS‚ the traditional leaders in the PAP industry‚ but by a little known Korean company with little or no branding. Subsequently‚ in 2001‚ APPLE was quick to adapt to this new technology and launched the “iPod"‚ an elegantly designed‚ easy to use‚ music player capable of playing back up to 10 hours of digital music. With some intelligent advertising and strong customer connect the player became a rage in most countries and
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Apple Inc. Apple Inc.’s branding strategy involves creating innovative products and digital services aligned with a “digital hub” strategy. Apple computer products function as the digital hub for its digital devices‚ including the IPOD‚ cellular phones‚ personal digital assistants‚ digital video‚ still cameras‚ and other digital devices. Apple wants the customers experience to be central‚ and the Mac is no longer the central hub of Apple. The company now offers a harmonized‚ synchronized and
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vehicle (e.g. Scorpio). Aim: To know the marketing strategies implemented by “Mahindra & Mahindra” behind its successful transformation from Farm making equipment to Sports utility vehicle (e.g. Scorpio). Objective: • To know how the successful transformation occurred in “Mahindra & Mahindra”. • To know how they become one of the market leader in sports utility vehicle. • To do various marketing strategy analysis in order to get a clear view about the success
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Apple Mini Case SWOT Strength: 1. Strong brand name and customer loyalty. Weakness: 1. Limitation on customer segmentation because Apple has limitation on its price and product varieties. Opportunity: 1. Chinese economy is still booming right even though the economy is kind of slow down right now‚ it still has a lot of room to grow. If Apple could catch the chance‚ for sure it has a lot of business opportunities. 2. Largest population in China so there is a lot of potential customers
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INTRODUCTION Apple Inc. designs‚ manufactures and markets a wide range of personal computers‚ computer software‚ and portable music devices. Some of these Apple products include the Macintosh‚ iPods as well as the iPhones. Apple’s strong value chain is one of the reasons for its success today. Its’ efficient and strong value chain has allowed the company to expand globally with a strong presence in 102 countries. Furthermore‚ Apple has joined in the process of reintermediation‚ adding
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| Brief description of PC and Smartphone’s industry Smartphones | Company | Market share | Key success factors | Android | 68‚1% | * software * innovation * synchronization with google account | Apple | 16‚9% | * design * style * size * capacity * software * download facility * distribution | Blackberry | 4‚8% | * reliability * carrier friendly * design | Nokia | 4‚4% | * price efficiency * reliability * distribution * client’s service |
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