Apple Mini Case SWOT Strength: 1. Strong brand name and customer loyalty. Weakness: 1. Limitation on customer segmentation because Apple has limitation on its price and product varieties. Opportunity: 1. Chinese economy is still booming right even though the economy is kind of slow down right now‚ it still has a lot of room to grow. If Apple could catch the chance‚ for sure it has a lot of business opportunities. 2. Largest population in China so there is a lot of potential customers
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CORPORATE LEVEL STRATEGY OF APPLE COMPUTER INC. Low level of diversification (1976-1996) To examine what strategies have been used by Apple‚ we divided the period into two ages. The first age is in between 1976 until 1996 were we can observe that all the products sold by Apple were computer related. They started with Apple 1 and continuously developed their products up until the evolutionary of Macintosh. However‚ their development restrained only to computers‚ chips and software which indicates
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11 Ansoff’s 12-16 Reference List 17-18 Bowman’s Strategy Clock 19-22 Reference List 23-24 BCG (Boston Consulting Group)
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multinational company. Apple corporate culture In apple the employers can enjoy a relaxed and casual working environment. Even the infrastructure is designed in to ensure maximum work time pleasure; The Company gives freedom for the employers like wearing casual dress in the office premises etc. Since the company is facing endless challenges and opportunities everyday the company gives special consideration ensuring the first class treatment to the new recruited employees. Apple also provides many
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Magical Apple Apple’s over-arching company strategy follows an innovative‚ mysterious and customer-centered strategy. One of the main reasons for Apple’s success has to do with their large commitment to satisfying customers while continuously innovating their products and design without creating a sense of “too much” or confusing their consumers through new operating systems. These goals‚ which create a unique and successful company‚ are achieved through the ways in which they use the five key
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Marketing strategies were central to making Apple Inc. a global success: Analysing how these strategies were so pivotal to their success. Apple Inc. made Apple brand and used it to establish an ‘Apple empire’‚ which accounted for many highly competitive markets‚ including the Smart Phone market‚ such as Apple IPhone. Consumer Electronics market with products‚ such as the Itouch and Tablet PC (personal computer) market‚ for instance‚ the Macbook Air. According to Chzain‚ Apple maintains more than
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Title: Pioneers in the Mobile Phone Industry: An Investigation of Apple’s Innovative Strategies and Current Business Model Abstract This paper tries to analyse Apple’s marketing strategy in recent years and the reasons why it has overshadowed its competitors focusing on four marketing strategies such as product strategy‚ pricing strategy‚ promotion strategy and distribution strategy‚ offering comparison between Apple and some main competitors (Samsung‚ Blackberry and Motorola) Introduction In
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Corporate Strategy In Corporate Strategy‚ Collis and Montgomery explain there are two kinds of diversification—linked and constrained. Companies using linked diversification enter new businesses when it relates in some way to another business they are already in (it is linked to it)‚ but does not necessarily have any connection to their other businesses. If they are using constrained diversification‚ however‚ they only enter a new business if it is based on their core resources or competencies.
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{draw:g} {draw:g} {draw:g} Internal Analysis _Mission Statement : Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing‚ portable digital music and mobile communication experience to students‚ educators‚ creative professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative hardware‚ software and internet offerings._ Resources Apple and innovation has almost been synonymous. Apple’s has been through many ups and few downs in its life and this trend brings out clearly its
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Corporate Culture at Apple Apple has a very secretive corporate culture. Often employees will choose not to speak out about apple until they are no longer employed there. Apple goes to greater lengths than any other company in the valley to protect its creative and intellectual environment. Apple’s security policy extends to blogs‚ speaking engagements‚ and even what people talk about with spouses. Most employees get the policies and respect them as well. The New York times reported that
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