for the Apple iPhone had been sold from its App Store‚ within a year of its launch. This was considered quite an achievement considering the fact that Apple‘s highly popular ‗iTunes Music Store‘ had only managed to sell about 70 million songs in its first year‚ and had reached sales of a billion only after three years. The App Store‚ available in over 77 countries‚ offered 65‚000+ apps‚ created by over 100‚000 developers (See Exhibit I for the growth in the availability of iPhone apps over time)
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also faced the same problem with Epiphone. At the time Apple Inc launched out the iPhone 4S‚ it enjoyed to become the foreground of the public attention. Many people discussed about the iPhone 4S and awaited it imported into their country. However‚ the introduction of Samsung Galaxy S3 brought a danger to iPhone 4S’s sales. In order to protect the market share‚ Apple Inc kept on improving and a new product‚ iPhone 5 produced. There is a phenomenon that once the news of Apple’s new product is announced
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described in this case are e-mail‚ calendar and contacts from Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync. Furthermore‚ there are some new software applications like hospital’s MEDITECH electronic medical records system‚ Epocrates Essentials‚ ChainLinq Mobile and iPhone app. The business function of these kinds of applications is to make employees control their work easily‚ and help them to fix complex things. The e-mail application keeps the doctors and other employees or patients in contact with each other at
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effectively‚ it is essential that Apple uses its resources to better understand consumer behavior. External Influences The external factors or influences on consumer behavior and marketing strategy that shape Apple’s marketing strategy for the iPhone are those of cultural‚ economic‚ and demographic. External factors are not directly under the control of the company‚ and must be taken into consideration by Apple to market and sell their products successfully. Examining the impact of external
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Introduction Marketing ethics refers to the moral principles concerning acceptable and unacceptable behavior related to the operation of marketing by business people (Barron’s Educational Series‚ 2007). In order to obtain higher profit‚ some of the companies may violate business ethical values. Background Mattel founded in 1945 is one of the largest toy companies in the world (Fortune‚ 2008). Although Mattel is a major toy company‚ there are many unethical issues found. Firstly‚ Mattel`s
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Retrieved september 22‚ 2013‚ from http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/finanzas-cartera/2013/impreso/smartphones-moviles-mas-vendidos-en-orbe-104409.html phonearena.com Poder PDA. (2013‚ september). Precios iPhone. Retrieved september 22‚ 2013‚ from http://www.poderpda.com/plataformas/apple/precios-del-iphone-5-y-iphone-5c-sin-contrato/ Prieto-Muñoz‚ P Samsung. (2011). 2011 sustainability report. Retrieved august 29‚ 2013‚ from http://www.samsung.com/us/aboutsamsung/ir/corporategovernance/corporatesocialresponsibility/download/2011Environmentalnsocialreport
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semiskilled labor for less than 1 dollar an hour. In August 2010‚ Danshui Plant No.2 in southern China has a 1 year contract in the period between 1 June 2010 and 31 May 2011 with Apple incorporation to assemble the Apple iPhone 4. Based on the contract‚ Danshui need to assemble 2.4 million iPhones within 1 year. However‚ Wentao Chen‚ manager of Danshui Plant No.2 was anxious about the plant is not able to assemble 2.4 million as their expected and is operating at a loss when the third month of the contract
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Apple Price Cut Case 1. To what extent the iPhone pricing strategy is similar to the iPod pricing strategy? How do you explain that the iPod price cut did not lead to such a level of customers’ protest? Answer: Both iPhone and iPod have experienced a large amount of price cut in their product lifecycle. In this document‚ we can find that iPod was launched in October 2001. Tough relatively high priced for an MP3 player‚ it was hugely demanded and remains popular till date though there was
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formerly Apple Computer‚ Inc.) is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics‚ computer software‚ and personal computers. Known hardware products of the company include the best Macintosh line of computers‚ IPod‚ iPhone and IPad. Apple software includes a Mac OS X operating system; ITunes media browser; iLife suite of multimedia and creativity software; IWORK set of office programs‚ Diaphragm‚ a professional photography package; Final Cut Studio‚ Suite of professional
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Case study: Apple iPhones - Not "Made in America" 1. What is meant by the globalization of human capital? Is this inevitable as firms increase their global operations? The globalization of human capital refers to the fact that employees are now spread out across the world by their employers. This including‚ the companies‚ employed‚ unemployed‚ stockholders‚ consumers‚ contractors‚ supply chain‚ firms and economies. Companies branch out because labor costs are cheaper and productivity is faster
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