[STRATEGIC AUDIT REPORT OF APPLE INC] 1 APPLE INCORPORATED A STRATEGIC AUDIT REPORT ON APPLE INCORPORATED August 2010 Copyright © 2010 Sheikh Adnan All Rights Reserved 2 [STRATEGIC AUDIT REPORT OF APPLE INC] Submitted To University Of Wales‚ Lampeter As a partial requirement for the degree of MBA Strategic Management MBA Core Module: MBA3710-L Submitted by Sheikh Adnan Student Number: 29002361 Sheikh.adnan@stu.ctlondon.ac.uk Copyright © 2010 Sheikh Adnan All
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P29 Q1 1. The marketing channel for Mary Kay cosmetics is called a direct selling channel. The company user a sales force of over 1000000 Independent Beauty Consultants around the world. These consultants are not employees of Mary Kay Corporation; they buy cosmetics from the company at a wholesale price and sell to end-users at a retail price. They maintain personal relationships with their end-user consumers and deliver product to them after it is ordered; it is a high-service purchasing relationship
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Report on the different ways to improve Apple’s sales of Mac laptops. [pic] Report on the different ways to improve Apple’s sales of Mac laptops. Prepared for: Mr. Steve Jobs CEO Apple Prepared by: Shou Heng‚ Guan Yu Shiun‚ Tan Zhi Ping‚ Ng Guo Ren‚ Kuah Liyana December 6‚ 2010 Executive Summary Apple has a wide range of products from computers like Macintosh (Mac) to MP3 players like iPod to other devices with
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respected companies in the world‚ Apple Inc. was one of the few companies to emerge from the recession stronger than ever. Started in 1976 as a computer business‚ most of Apple’s success has been attributed to its music- and video-related products and the iPhone. Quickly became known then as a company that made innovative consumer electronic products instead of just a company that made computers‚ it changed its name in 2007 from “Apple Computer” to “Apple Inc.”. As Steve Jobs‚ Apple’s former CEO and
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Key activities of Apple Apple’s Lines of Business The company divides its own product lines into iPhone‚ iPad‚ Mac‚ iPod‚ iTunes‚ Software‚ and Services‚ and Accessories. I will group these as three lines of business: Computing Hardware & Software‚ Mobile Devices‚ and the iTunes Store. Computing Hardware & Software Apple’s longest running line of business is that of computer hardware and software. The company has always believed that hardware is only as useful as its software‚ and the importance
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Case 10: Apple Computer and Steve P. Jobs (2006) Issue/Problem Identification 1. Apple is known to provide customers with a personal computer revolution that is easy-to-use machine. It was founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Apple was a success at the beginning period of its production due to marketing and technological innovation and the company has invented. Apple grew quickly as the development of the products increases and the revenue continued to grow. Apple’s business strategy
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Corporate Case Study: Apple Inc. Article One: Apple’s Secret Plan for Its Cash Stash In 2012‚ Forbes Magazine published an article that discusses what Apple Inc. plans to do with the large amounts of money it has acquired over the years. The sum reaches up to $100 billion‚ making the company one of the most profitable in history. However‚ the company has around $64 billion of their cash stuck oversees. If Apple were to choose to move the money back to the United States they would be hit with a
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reproduction‚ it could also save money. Plants may grow annually‚ biennially‚ and perennially‚ and may produce sexually and asexually. It is more practical to know what type of behaviour that your plant exhibits. One good example is the Oryza sativa. This cereal crop reproduces sexually and grows/ can be harvested annually. For an instance‚ that the farmer thought that this crop could be harvested as soon as possible‚ he might ended up harvesting unripe products resulting to the loss of income and wastage
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agricultural products in the rural areas this are the cereal grain and the corn but most of the farmers plants cereal grain . Because cereal grain is more useful than the corn if a cereal grain owner wish to use it for his own good like making it a rice he would just need to go in to a rice milling service.. this is why business minded people have to decide to put an establishment that could offer a service for agricultural products like cereal grains. A corporation was built by Mr. Al-majed Santiago
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downtrodden. They connected world cultures by impacting trade‚ economy‚ religion‚ and politics. Beer was discovered through different methods of cooking and storing cereal grains. When the ice age ended‚ lands such as the Fertile Crescent provided abundant cereal grains. Such grains provided a reliable source of food‚ and the ability to store cereal grains began to encourage people to stay in one place. This resulted in permanent settlements as societies transitioned from hunting and gathering to farming
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