INTRODUCTION:- (APPLE MACINTOSH) * APPLE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT:- Founded in 1976 in a garage in Santa Clara‚ California‚ Apple is the brainchild of Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs‚ two college dropouts who sought to provide a user-friendly computer to a new and distinct market of small computer users. Between 1978 and 1980‚ sales increased from $7.8 million to $117 million‚ and in 1980 the company underwent its initial public stock offering. In 1983‚ Steve Wozinak left Apple. That same year
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Strategic Posture 1. The company’s strategic posture is clearly stated‚ and is also back up by its strong performance. 2. Mission • Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing and music experience to its customers. The company has a unique ability to design and development its own hardware and software. 3. Objectives • Today‚ Apple is committed to lead the industry with its award-winning computers‚ OS X operating system and iLife and professional applications. The company’s
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household but the question still remains. Are they making money? In this section‚ we will be taking a detail look at the financials of Apple since the lunch of the first Iphone in 2007. On June 29‚ 2007 (the first day of the Iphone) apple was trading at $ 121 dollars a share. At year end September 29st 2007‚ just three months after the first Iphone release‚ Apple was trading at $ 154 dollars. That’s a 27 % increase in share price. As impressive as that sounds‚ there are other ratios that are
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company’s impact on global market share. Company Introduction The company Apple was founded by two college friends Steve Wozniak‚ who was genius in technical fields and Steve jobs whose vision was to bring easy use computer to market in 1976.The company headquarter is located in Cupertino California .The company has approximately 72‚800 full time employees according to the annual report September 29 2012. Apple company is one of the most innovative technology company since last three decades
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Background of Apple Inc……………………………………………………3 3.2 Critical Analyze of The Company’s Mission………………………………4-7 3.3 Strategic Management Process………………………………………………7-9 4. Conclusion………………………………………………………………………9 References…………………………………………………………………………10 List of figure Figure 1………………………………………………………………8 1. Introduction A mission statement globally defines what business an organization is in now and objectives of the organization. It is the fundamental factor of a strategic
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I. Industry Environment The industry environment is the set of factors that directly influences a firm and its competitive actions and competitive responses: the threat of new entrants‚ the power of suppliers‚ 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
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analysis helps determine the current situation of Apple Inc.‚ identifying potential influences of the political‚ economic‚ social and technological sectors; and have a glimpse into the future of Apple inc. Political Influences: It is reported that in 2007 52% of sales of Apple were from outside America. Bad international relations‚ wars and terrorism might influence Apple in a huge manner; moreover these are all factors Apple has no ability to control. Apple Inc. produces many of its parts and products
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Inc.‚ 2008). Over the past months‚ sales have been waning largely because of changing market demographics —aging customer base‚ younger generations influx‚ and competition. The high-end lifestyle image and pricing was not appealing to the younger set; the time was ripe for seizing the opportunity for repositioning Thorr’s image in an expanding market. Assessing how consumers perceive brands‚ what factors are most important‚ and comparing attribute preferences by mapping the various aspects or dimensions
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The following is the marketing strategy for a new product that Apple. Inc is going to launch. The product is a mobile device named iPhone-S. Apple has always aimed at producing the best devices not giving too much thought on the cost factor. All its target customers were those who were looking for the best products and not worried too much about the price. It was result of the niche strategy that Apple had adopted. But with iPhone-S‚ Apple is now looking to target that section of the market which it
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DATE: 26-Feb-2013 TO: Jason Bermiller FROM: Jessica Soppit‚ Sandeep Mukkamala‚ Brandon Harris SUBJECT: INNOVATION AT APPLE INC. Here is the proposal you requested. In this report we will analyze Apples innovation strategy‚ and the steps that have made them successful. Apple is one of the leader’s in terms of market capitalization. It lead’s the global technology market by developing innovative products such as the Mac‚ iPhone‚ and the iPad‚ which redefined the entire technology market KEY
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