threat of product substitutes‚ and the intensity of rivalry among competitors (Hit‚ Ireland‚ and Hoskisson‚ p.40). In this case‚ Apple is just one of the many competitors in a saturated markets offering both hardware and software for personal computer systems. Intense players such as‚ HP/Compaq‚ Dell‚ Gateway‚ and Microsoft all take substantial market share in the industries Apple is competing with. Today in the computer hardware industry there is intense competition and the only way to gain market
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DOCUMENTARY – STEVE JOBS: BILLION DOLLAR HIPPY‚ BBC RESEACH QUESTIONS – based on Steve jobs and Apple MARKETING THE BRAND 1. How has apple marketed itself to the world? How has it continued with its vision over the 25 years that it has been in business? At the conference‚ Jobs introduced the new generation of computer with Macintosh. The computer had interactive graphic and mouse. Moreover‚ it promoted the brand of Apple as the pioneer of computer technology. In other words‚ Apple changed the
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changes across industries. These are the great innovators who make us believe that ideas matter‚ that ideas shape the future and that ideas can and will continue to change the world. Amongst all the global innovators cum entrepreneurs‚ I admire Steve Jobs the most! He was different from the difficult bosses we know. He was charismatic‚ inspired people to achieve great things‚ engendered loyalty in his team. He changed the way people around the world experienced
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Case Analysis: Apple‚ Inc. (Case Study) Unit 1 Rolf Vonderheide Kaplan University GB520 Strategic Human Resource Management Professor Steven Cates November 11‚ 2014 Introduction The purpose of this case analysis is to answer the following question as it relates to Apple‚ Inc. “What is strategic management and why is it crucial to the success of an organization in meeting its goals and mission?” Strategic Management refers to the set of decisions and actions used to formulate and implement strategies
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Around the world people come together and work to compete or develop ideas. In “La Vida Robot” by Joshua Davis it’s about how four students from Carl Hayden High School that came together to beat a team from MIT in a robotics competition. Then in Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson is about how two individuals that came together to build one of the most successful technology companies. In both texts‚ Davis and Isaacson prove that a strong team consists of having individuals with various strengths for they
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2) Planned Obsolescence The release of every new iPhone to date has been preceded by impressive presentations by either the late Steve Jobs or by Tim Cook‚ generating great anticipation over the launch of the new iPhone. Certainly‚ the newer iPhones often boast improvements from previous models but Apple has also been infamous for planned obsolescence in the form of the lightning cables which have a limited lifespan (Bradley‚ 2015) and the removal of the quintessential headphone jack in the
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Opening Case Questions 1. What might have happened to Apple if its top executives had not supported investment in iPods? The iPods have revolutionized the way Americans buy‚ listen and enjoy their favorite music. In just a few short clicks‚ consumers across the globe can download that "oldie but goodie" taking them "back down memory lane". However‚ the investment in the iPods was only just the beginning for Apple. It opened the door to a whole new portfolio of sleek. fun and clever technological
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Comparisons of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs I think the decisions of both Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were unethical and wrong. To start with‚ they were both dropouts of college. Bill Gates was a drop out of Harvard University and Steve Jobs dropped out of Berkley University. Steve Jobs was adopted where as Bill Gates had his original family. Steve Jobs was a very odd man‚ to say the least. He was a hippie in the early days of his life. He did drugs such as acid. Bill Gates was a very plain boring
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Fact of the case On April 4‚ 2010‚ Apple Inc. launched its eagerly anticipated iPod amid great hype. The company started off as “Apple Computer‚” best known for its Macintosh personal computers (PCs) in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Despite a strong brand‚ rapid growth‚ and high profits in the late 1980s‚ Apple almost went bankrupt in 1996. Then Jobs went to work‚ transforming “Apple Computer” into “Apple Inc.” with innovative non-PC products starting in the early 2000’s. In fact‚ by 2010‚ the company
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The good or bad apple approach as well as the situational approach are not the only part of making ethical decisions but they will have an influence in the certain stages along the way. There are two main important components that make up the ethical decision making model. First being the ethical decision making process and second is the factors that influence that process. There are also four important stages within the process which include awareness‚ judgment‚ intention‚ and action or behavior
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