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 special combination like iPad and iPhone. For Macintosh
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Apple Inc. Case Report Carlos Castro Luis Guzman Zuchytil Padilla Sergio Smith I. COMPANY BACKGROUND Apple INC‚ was founded on April 1‚1976 in a garage by Steve Jobs‚ Steve Wozniak‚ and Ronald Wayne. ‘The young entrepreneurs brought different strength to their fledgling company. Jobs had a flair for conceptualizing products‚ while Wozniak had the technical know-how to make them happened” (Washington Post Economy‚ 2012). At first‚ they only focused on personal computers but are now stationed
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Strategic Audit of The Gap‚ Inc. Submitted by: Chris Bess‚ Teddy Ormsbee‚ Tiffany Sayers‚ and Jeremey Williams Submitted to: Professor Ditmore 13 April 2010 Table of Contents I. Current Situation: The Gap in 2002 3 A. Past Corporate Performance 3 B. Strategic Posture 4 II. Corporate Governance 5 A. Board of Directors 6 B. Top Management 7 III. External Environment: Opportunities and Threats 8 A.) Societal Environment 8 B.) Task Environment 10 IV. Internal
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Q4. Is Apple’s strategy in its computer business strong enough to compete successfully against Dell and HP? From Exhibit 3 we can see that in 2008 Apple upholds 8.5 % of the U.S. PC Market. Today’s generation are now more techno aware and therefore their expectations are higher than what they used to be. Apples rivals such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard possess a large size of the market at 31.9% and 25.3% respectively. From analysing the case study it is evident that a vast majority of consumers
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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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Strategic alliances: Strategic alliances is an agreement between two or more companies to work together for a certain time in order to achieve some business objectives‚ help each other reach new technologies or to be able to build core competencies against other competitors. The traditional view about Strategic alliances is that they were formed for: - Defensive to protect profits - Means for preempting competition - Competitive and win - lose orientation. While nowadays there is
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IRSPROPOSAL Course: Lecturer: Title: Prepared by: Due Date and Time: Business Research Methods (626) Mr. Schofield The Future Growth of Apple Inc. Stefania Arrivabene Monday November 5th‚ 3:00 PM Stefania Arrivabene IRS Proposal ESE 60 Lecturer: Mr Schofield Table of Contents Acknowledgments ........................................................................................................ 3 Introduction ...........................................................................
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title: Apple Inc. Class: BSc 18C Word count: 2643 Date: Nov/15/2012 Table Of Content 1. Introduction – HRM & Potential risks in Apple Inc. (P3) 2. Recruiting – Internal & External sources (P4-P5) 3. Selection – Five steps in the selection process (P6-P8) 4. Training and development – Stages of designing (P8-P10) 5. Conclusion (P10) 6. References (P11-P12) Apple Inc. 1. Introduction – HRM & Potential risks in Apple Inc. Importance
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Forces .p.26 Key Opportunity .. . p.27 Key Threat p.27 Major and Subordinate Problems . p.28 Strategic Match ...p.29 Primary Strategic Match Position .p.30 Strategic Plan ..p.33 Conclusion ...p.38 LIST OF EXHIBITS Sales Trends Graph p.5 Net Income Trends
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Apple Inc. is an American based organization founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs which is now a well-known global corporation known for cutting edge designs in electronics‚ software‚ and laptops and personal computers including the iPhone‚ iPod‚ and iPad. Today‚ with retail stores in multiple countries and an online store‚ it is one of the largest corporations in the world. It had become the most valuable technology company surpassing Microsoft. Apple’s organizational vision is “To be the most admired
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