known as “Apple” the leading manufacturer of products such as the “iPhone”‚ the “iPad” and the Macbook Pro. The name “Apple” was given to the company by co-founder Steve Jobs after he had spent some time at a local apple orchid‚ and decided the name would be perfect for the company as he felt that the word “Apple” was not one that caused customers to be frightened‚ threatened or alarmed and it did not make the company seem like all the other big corporations that were around at the time. It gave
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Mission and Vision of the Company | 12 | 3. | SWOT a. Theory of SWOT b. Importance of SWOT c. SWOT of the company | 141617 | 4. | Business Strategy | 21 | 5. | Conclusion | 30 | | Bibliography | | PROFILE OF THE COMPANY Apple Inc.‚ formerly Apple Computer‚ Inc.‚ is an American multinational corporation. It is headquartered in Cupertino‚ California that designs‚ develops‚ and sells consumer electronics‚ computer software and personal computers. Its best-known hardware products are
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Interest Groups Help More Than Hurt Voter turnout has declined since 1960 but participation in interest groups has been growing. Participating in interest groups allows people to take action on issues that are most important to them. Unlike some linkage institutions‚ interest groups have a very close connection to government. Interest groups are an essential part of the democratic system because they allow the public to enter the political system‚ bring up specific issues in government‚ and
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The Apple Story Prepared By: Brian Klochko Prepared For: Dr. Dov Longu Submission Date: Monday‚ February 24th 2014 Once solely regarded as a common handheld fruit‚ two unlikely visionaries changed the meaning of “Apple” forever. The corporate conglomerate that now manufactures and sells various electronic products such as computers‚ cell phones‚ tablets‚ music players‚ and computer accessories was once merely an idea two college dropouts had dreamt in their own garage
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Discipline Of Business Creativity. London: Harper Collins Publishers 10 11. O’REGAN‚ G‚. 2008. A Brief History of Computing. Cork: Springer 12 13. SHURKIN‚ J.‚ 1996. Engines of the Mind. New York: W.W. Norton & Company 14 15. vertygo team. 2011. Apple Strategies. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.vertygoteam.com/apple_marketing_strategy.php. [Accessed 01 April 11].
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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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Case study notes This case has been updated to include the Apple iPad. Principally this is case explores the issue of licensing and how successful firms can become unsuccessful. It is not a case about Apple and why it has become successful. This case study explores the rise of the Apple Corporation. The Apple iPod is one of the most successful new product launches in recent years‚ transforming the way the public listens to music‚ with huge ramifications for major record labels. More than 50 million
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Are interest groups useful or harmful? Interest groups‚ also referred to as: special interests‚ pressure groups‚ organized interests‚ nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)‚ political groups‚ lobby groups and public interest groups‚ are organized collections of people or organizations whose goal is to influence public policy (511). ‘Interest groups’ is a term that encompasses a variety of organized groups including public interest groups‚ business and economic groups‚ governmental unites‚ and political
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY For more than 20 years‚ Apple has been working on ways to minimize the impact to environment. As Apple reports‚ the products are manufactured‚ used‚ and recycled represents the largest percentage of Apple`s total greenhouse gas emissions. That is the reason why Apple has been designed and measured the performance in Product Environmental performance. Apple has developed its first environmental policy back in 1990‚ and put its mainly focus on energy efficient‚ reducing total use
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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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