Dubinsky and Apple Computer‚ Inc. Case Analysis Dubinsky’s primary mistake was relying on her position and reputation rather than mounting an effective‚ persuasive‚ and fact-based argument. As noted by Jay Conger in The Necessary Art of Persuasion‚ today’s employees are not content to accept a decree from above and seek to understand the reasons behind a decision. She should have taken Jobs’ JIT proposal seriously from the beginning and‚ as soon as she heard of it‚ worked to make her case affirmatively
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Introduction Of Apple Inc. Apple Inc. is globally renowned as one of the leading companies‚ especially for its specialization in the personal computers and consumer electronics industry. The company is most well-known for the iPod‚ a digital music player and Macintosh‚ a personal computer released in 1984. Co-founded by Steve Jobs in 1976‚ the company was named under Apple Computers Inc. and its initial product Apple IIe gained relative popularity and success. The release of the Macintosh revolutionized
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Financial Policy at Apple – Case Analysis Apple had nearly $137 billion of cash at the end of Dec 2012. Over the past few years‚ the Company had been highly successful with the launch of the iPhone 3G in 2008‚ and which was followed by the launch of iPad in 2010. The Company enjoyed high profitability‚ and was able to keep its costs at a minimum. The gross margin on the iPhone was between 49% and 58% from October 2010 to March 2012‚ and the gross margin on the iPad was between 23% and 32% in the
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MKT 600-011 [Weekly Critique Notes] Case Title: Future of Avon China: Direct Sales‚ Retail Sales or Both 1. What is the central issue in this case? Avon China [who] is given the opportunity to consider the previously successful but fallen direct sales strategy which possesses challenges alongside the opportunity [what] in the distant future [when] because [why] * Chinese officials have intermediately lifted the direct-sales strategy ban after the economic instability in 1998
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of branding A Case Study of Hennes & Mauritz AB in China Author Lupeng Ye 861017-T020 Jieying Wu 850514-T184 Phone: 076-5828951 Phone: 076-5828911 Supervisor: Jonas Kagstrom Date 2009.05.18 Abstract Title: Factors of branding - A Case of Hennes & Mauritz AB in China. Level: Degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Author: Lupeneg Ye 861017-T020 Jieying Wu 850514-T187 Supervisor: Jonas Kagstrom Date: 2009-05-18 Introduction: H&M has been in China for three years
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the following questions based on the material of the case (BEFORE year 2007) 1. Why are Japan‚ the newly industrialized economies (.NIEs.) and developing Asian countries less vocal than the US on the valuation of the RMB? 2. Present a balance of payment to understand the internal and external flows‚ and analyze the different components of the Chinese balance of payment. Do you think the renminbi is overvalued against the US dollar? How can China maintain the exchange rate of the RMB? Exchanging all
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Case: Car Financing in China 1. Suggest reasons for a company to enter the Chinese market for auto financing. • Statistically proven‚ the Chinese market has exploded in the past couple days. • It may be inferred that since Chinese market is used to deal with other huge companies that they also will be knowledgeable/experienced of how to get the auto financing running. • It would be easy to integrate because they already have numerous network partners to leverage‚ such as Isuzu‚ Suzuki
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The Apple I‚ Apple’s first product‚ was sold as an assembled circuit board and lacked basic features such as a keyboard‚ monitor‚ and case. The owner of this unit added a keyboard and a wooden case. Apple was established on April 1‚ 1976‚ by Steve Jobs‚ Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne[1] to sell the Apple I personal computer kit‚ a computer single handedly designed by Wozniak. The kits were hand-built by Wozniak[24][25] and first shown to the public at the Homebrew Computer Club.[26] The Apple I was
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February 4‚ 2015 Who Makes the Apple iPhone 1. What are the benefits to Apple of outsourcing the assembly of the iPhone to foreign countries‚ and particularly China? What are the potential costs and risks to Apple? There are many benefits for Apple in outsourcing their assembly line to China. Although Apple claims that the decision wasn’t about the cheap labor‚ it all comes down to the money. The decision was rooted in the fact that it would save Apple a lot of money. It is understandable that
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inventions during the first decade of it‚ among which iPod is no doubt one of the greatest. iPod is a portable media player designed and marketed by Apple and launched on October 23‚ 2001. From then on‚ iPod has been the best digital music player in the world. iPod is one of the greatest inventions in the 21st century for many reason. First and foremost‚ the birth of iPod marked the beginning of the MP3 era. iPod‚ together with iTunes‚ another product of Apple‚ made a revolutionary change to the music player
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