SWOT Analysis: Apple Inc. Management 303 Management 303 SWOT Analysis of Apple Inc Section I – Organizational History and overview In 2007‚ Jobs told a crowd at the Macworld Expo that Apple would now be known as Apple Inc.‚ and not Apple Computer‚ Inc. The company had moved from producing only computers to offering the iPod‚ iTunes and more. That year‚ Apple also debuted its widely successful touch screen Smartphone and the less popular Apple TV. In early 2009‚ Jobs left Apple for a short
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APPLE Inc. (AAPL) Accounting and Financial Profile [pic] Name Sachitanand Karnakote Choong Chee Lai Lei Qiu Alcides Santopietro Denisa Voicu September 2008 Contents Introduction 2 The company and its activities 2 Industry & Competition 2 Recommendation 3 Accounting choices and Quality of Earnings 4 Ratios analysis 6 Liquidity: 6 Solvency: 7 Profitability: 8 Market: 8 Relevant Disclosures 9 Risks 9 Analysis of Apple Inc. corporate strategy 10 Introduction
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SWOT ANALYSIS Strengths: * CEO Steve Jobs. * Product development. Apple’s products establish high standards for the market. * Robust Research & Development Department. * Design and convenience. * Marketing. * ITunes Music Store is an outstanding source of revenue‚ especially with the iPod and its availability to access Windows platform. * Apple Computers are expert in developing own software and hardware. * Apple Computers have respectable brand
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Competitive Analysis We selected the three leading emergency response service devices as well as two comparable SPO2 devices that offer the SPO2 feedback we expect from our project. The first SPO2 device IdealLife does not offer the continuous monitoring we are proposing and the Oxitone IP is lacking the 24/7 monitoring service. Our project seeks to satisfy all the needs of current consumers looking to monitor SPO2 levels for patients as well as offer the emergent response should patients need
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There are 3 main competitors for Jawbone Up device. But there are 12 competitors in total. Fitbit - 36 patent DirectLife - 24 patent BodyMedia - 23 patent DigiFit - 1 patent Life Microscope - Adidas MiCoach Pacer - Nike+ - 49634 patent Valencell - 7 patents Basis Band - Shine - 20472 patents Larklife - 1 patent Motorola MotoActv - Legal regulations. i) What are we going to be if we colabarate with Jawbone:- Limited liability partnership Why? Because we are building a partnership
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Strategic analysis of Apple inc * * Table of contents * 1. History of Apple inc 2. Analysis of strategy * 2.1 Applying Porter’s strategy framework to Apple Inc * 2.2 future strategies 3. Recommendations 4. Leadership/culture 5. Appendix 6. References * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 1. History on Apple Inc * Apple Inc. is an American corporation
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the power of buyers‚ the 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
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1.0 Introduction Apple was founded in 1976. It is a relatively young company; a company with its own unique philosophy as to the way things ought to be. Apple exerts significant creative influence on the technology industry. Today‚ the company has three major products: Mac computers‚ iPod music players‚ and the iPhone. In addition to these offerings‚ the company also offers operating systems‚ developer tools‚ and database software. Apple’s recent success in the marketplace is founded on a philosophy
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Apple Inc. Business Analysis MGT/521 October 4‚ 2011 Apple Inc. Business Analysis Part I Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics‚ computer software‚ and personal computers. The company ’s best-known hardware products include the Macintosh computers‚ iPod‚ iPhone and iPad. As of August 2010‚ the company operates 301 retail stores in ten countries‚ and an online store. In September of 2010‚ Apple had 46‚600 full time employees and 2‚800
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Competitor Analysis The fashion industry is one of the most fast-paced and fast-moving consumer sectors in the market‚ so it is no surprise that there are many companies who are competing against each other in terms of obtaining the most market shares. This industry also attracts numerous consumers who are style-conscious and are up to date with fashion and trends; therefore companies must continuously develop themselves in order to stand out and to be chosen by consumers. Our final project’s main
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