Apple Inc. Written by John Smith August 2011 Table of Contents Abstract 3 Company History 4 Current Financial Health 5 Stock Performance 7 Bonds 11 Conclusions 12 Works Cited 13 APPENDIX I: APPLE’S SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA 15 APPENDIX II: APPLE’S CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS 16 Abstract Apple Inc. (Apple) is an American corporation that specializes in consumer electronics and software. Founded in 1976‚ it is difficult not to see their products anywhere
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Apple Inc. is the largest publicly traded company in the world by market capitalization. Overtopping ExxonMobil by some $60 billion‚ (CNN‚ 2012) as well as the largest technology company in the world by revenue and profit‚ worth more than Google and Microsoft combined. (Appleinsider.com‚ 2012)Fortune magazine named Apple the most admired company in the United States in 2008‚ and in the world from 2008 to 2011.All these facts caused my interest in studying in Apple Inc.’s backgrounds‚ financial data
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The Fiedler Contingency Model was created in the mid-1960s by Fred Fiedler‚ a scientist who helped advance the study of personality and characteristics of leaders. The model states that there is no one best style of leadership. Instead‚ a leader’s effectiveness is based on the situation. This is the result of two factors – "leadership style" and "situational favorableness" (later called "situational control"). Leadership Style Identifying leadership style is the first step in using the model
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A Financial Ratio Quarterly Trend Analysis of Apple‚ Inc. Stock Symbol: AAPL Listed on NASDAQ Prepared for: Department of Finance and Real Estate Florida International University In partial fulfillment of the requirements of the course: By: Introduction This report provides a financial quarterly trend analysis for Apple Inc. The U.S. based company (formerly Apple Computer‚ Inc.) is an American multinational corporation that designs and sells consumer electronics‚ computer
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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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Apple and Samsung are now on the top of mobile phone industry in the world excluding htc and other smart phone brands. Analyzing the strategies of each company to pick which one is the best in management and also‚ the way they motivate employees of the companies would be difficult. Those points would be broken down in this essay. Apple Inc.’s business strategy is more on differentiation. They wanted to be different from the other mobile phone companies. Apple Inc. wanted a different software and
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Apple Computer‚ Inc.: Maintaining the Music Business while Introducing iPhone and Apple TV Claudette Harrison Dr. Ann Pohira-Vieth BUS 499 Strayer University Apple Computer‚ Inc.: Maintaining the Music Business while Introducing iPhone and Apple TV Apple’s inventions and competitive advantage has been a successful but probably challenging experience for Steve Jobs and Stephen Wozniak. The invention of the Apple Computer (Mac)‚ IPhone‚ iPod‚ and the Ipad proves that not giving up on
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Apple Company Market Research Project MKT 305 By: Shivam Shah‚ Kimberly Sahara‚ Carol Medina‚ Candice Koh‚ Jaaron Holmes‚ TaDarrius Douglas Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………..3 Environmental Scan…………………………………………………………………………….....5 Economic Impact……………………………………………………………………….....5 Technology Trends………………………………………………………………………...6 Political-Legal Trends…………………………………………………………………......6 Socio-Cultural Trends…………………………………………………………………......7 SWOT
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Apple Inc. 2008 - Management Information Systems ในเดือนมกราคม ปี2007 สามทศวรรษหลังจากมีการจัดตั้งบริษัท Apple Computer ได้เปลี่ยนชื่อเป็น Apple Inc. ซึ่งจากการเปลี่ยนแปลงนี้ได้เป็นการส่งสัญญาณว่าบริษัทได้ปรับเ ปลี่ยนสถานะจากที่เคยเป็นผู้ขายMcintosh personal computer เป็นหลัก แต่ถึงอย่างไรก็ตามยอดขายจากMacก็ยังคงมีความสำคัญกับ Apple เพียงแต่มีความสำคัญน้อยลงกว่าครึ่งหนึ่ง ซึ่งในปีต่อมาApple ประสบความสำเร็จจากกการทำธุรกิจเกี่ยวกับ PC โดยในเดือนธันวาคม Appleทำกำไรได้ประมาณ 1.6 พันล้านดอลลาร์
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Direct Marketing‚ Electronic Media. These forms are all used to reach out to an audience to help promote a product or service. Below‚ I have prepared an overview of Apple Inc.’s IMC strategy. Advertising Apple Inc. has an impressive image to uphold and their advertisements certainly add more value to the product itself. Since Apple Inc. is an electronic technology company their advertising campaigns deal heavily with Internet mediums and television commercials. My personal favorite are the “Mac
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