Apple Assignment 2007/2008 _________________________ Historically‚ what were Apple’s major competitive advantages? • Industrial design/Hardware design. • Apples focus and vision. • Integrated approach with software‚ hardware and service. • Patents covering technology‚ “look and feel”‚ interfaces and methods. • Strong legal team to enforce the above. • Dedicated market shares. • Ease of use. • Strong brand. • Brand loyalty. • Marketing. • Steve Jobs. Analyse the structure of
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Apple Inc. ÍNDICE 1. INTRODUCCION 2 2. ANTECEDENTES 3 3. LA EMPRESA EN ESTUDIO 4 3.1. Historia 4 3.2. Estructura Organizacional 7 3.3. Planeación Estratégica 9 3.4. Productos y negocios 15 4. ANÁLISIS DEL SECTOR 16 4.1. Análisis del sector tecnológico en el Perú y el mundo 16 4.2. Análisis del Macroambiente en el Perú 19 4.3. Análisis del macroambiente en el mundo 20 4.4. Análisis de las fuerzas de Porter 21 5. APPLE Y EL MEDIO AMBIENTE 25 5.1. Impacto
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Case 3: Apple Inc. I. Introduction Apple Computer is an innovative company evolving on the multimedia and high technology market. It is present on hardware and software markets‚ as well as in the on-line services market. Its highly diversified offer makes Apple Computers a company that is very hard to manage. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created the company in 1976. They wanted to “change the world through technology” by creating the personal computer (PC). The launch of Apple II in 1978 was the
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Instructor: Professor Wes Rhea Case study: "The Apple of Your i" As I am writing this essay now‚ Apple has become the world most valuable brand of all time; and it remains the company whose approach to technology and design is a standard for others. After reading the case study in the book‚ there are couple questions I would like to answer about this innovative company. 1) Which of the Porter’s four competitive strategies does Apple engage in? Explain. Apple founders and employees have always
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End of Book Case Studies 16/7/03 3:17 PM Page 674 674 Q End-of-book: Case studies products as being Australian made—multinational ownership notwithstanding. Dick Smith marketed his own Dick Smith-branded food products as not just Australian made but also made by Australian owned companies‚ thereby keeping employment and profits in Australia—threatening the brand image of rival multinational brands. We are starting to see the impact of the ‘buy Australian’ theme on the marketing
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Apple Inc. 2010 Case Study Case Summary: Steve Jobs and Steve Wazniak started Apple over 30 years ago. Over that time span‚ Steve jobs was fired from Apple and rehired. It was essentially Jobs that save apple with superb vision and creative innovations. The first innovation was like a fashion statement. The iMac was an innovation that put 2 products into one. The desktop was built into the screen. Then‚ Jobs tackled the world of portable music by inventing the iPod. He shortly followed
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Case Study 1: Apple 2008 1. Historically‚ what were Apple’s major competitive advantages? Apple’s major competitive advantages over its rivals‚ historically‚ were: (1) the pioneering of the personal computer market with its easy-to-use Apple II in 1978; (2) the introduction of the first graphical user interface (GUI) with the Macintosh in 1984; (3) the winning‚ powerful combination of Wozniak’s technical skills‚ Jobs’ entrepreneurial zeal and vision‚ and Markkula’s business savvy and connections;
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APPLE IN CHINA GAIN THE POWER BACK Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 A. ANALYSIS 4 I. Strategic Issue 4 II. Analyze the Apple situation 4 1. Student slave Labor: Chinese students forced to ’intern ’ at iPhone factory. 4 2. Warranty Scandal: Worse Warranty policy to China compare to other countries 5 3. Underdeveloped infrastructure: only 8 retail stores 5 4. Competition facts 6 5. Other facts: The relationship between China and USA 7 6. Conclusion about Apple strategic
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Executive Overview Apple has been established for over 30 years since Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple Computer in 1976. During Steven Jobs’s tenure as CEO‚ Apple’s mission was to bring an easy-to-use computer to market. However‚ Apple was not performing as good as Jobs projected‚ so he resigned in 1985. In the following 12 years‚ Apple experienced three different CEO’s and still could not be brought back to life. Under John Sculley‚ Apple worked to drive down costs by switching much
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Brandon Taylor MGT 301-701 Remo Picchietti McDonalds in China 1. Assume a Big Mac is $3 in the U.S. How much would the Big Mac cost in China? At the time of the article‚ “McDonalds to Double China Restaurants by 2013‚” 1 Yuan is 8 to 15 cents. So‚ a Big Mac at the time of the article would cost 20 to 37.5 Yuan. However‚ at the current time‚ according to The Money converter.com‚ a Big Mac‚ costing $3‚ would be 19.10 Yuan Renminbi (USD to CNY). 2. Conduct some research. Identify at least one difference
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