Running Head: EXTERNAL ANALYSIS OF APPLE‚ INC. APPLE‚ INC. External Analysis of Apple‚ Inc. Aaron Nance‚ Jeanette Odetola‚ Zuaibar Rashid‚ and Rachel Rozo Strategic Management MGMT 4340 FALL 2012 Dr. Uche Nwaubeze University of Houston‚ Victoria TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY……………………………………………………………….. 3 2. COMPANY HISTORY…………………………………………………………………... 2.1 Background…………………………………………………………………………. 2.2 Purpose of this study ……………………………………………………………… 3. EXTERNAL ANALYSIS ………………………………………………………………
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External/Internal Factors Introduction Since the start of apple in 1976 apple has established a unique reputation in the consumer electronic industry. Apple started out as a computer company and expanded into other electronics within the last decade. Apple has about 35‚00 employees world wide and had world wide annual sales of 32.48 billion in its first fiscal year ending September 29‚th 2008. (Para Amitt‚ Singh 2004) This paper will explore how Apple used the Four levels of management
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Introduction Page. 2 4 Internal Analysis 2. Financial Analysis 3. Marketing Analysis 4. Human Resource Management Analysis 5. Operations Analysis 6. Prioritised Strengths 7. Prioritised Weaknesses 5 5 8 10 12 14 14 15 15 18 19 21 21 22 22 External Analysis 8. P.E.S.T.E.L Analysis 9. Porter‟s Five Forces Analysis 10. Critical Success Factors 11. Prioritised Opportunities 12. Prioritised Threats Current Strategies 13. Strategic Position Future Strategies 14. Proposed Strategic Options
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Internal Factor Evaluation (IFE) Matrix for Apple Strengths | Weight | Rating | Wt.Score | 1. Customer loyalty combined with expanding closed system 2. As a leading innovator in mobile device technology 3. Strong financial performance 4. Powerful Brand reputation 5. Retail stores 6. Strong marketing and advertising teams | 0.120.100.090.110.090.10 | 443434 | 0.480.400.270.440.270.40 | Weakness | | | | 1. High Price 2. Incompatibility with different OS 3. Patent infringements
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External and Internal Environmental Analysis Charles Johnson STR 581 January 9‚ 2013 Professor Virginia Green External and Internal Environmental Analysis Theez Doggs is a start-up restaurant in the City of Inglewood‚ CA. The restaurant industry is very competitive industry. A wide variety of foodservice businesses exist to generate profits from the sale of their products and services to travelers and area residents. Thousands operate in the Los Angeles area. In this paper‚ I will identify
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Avira Version 2013 Release Information The First Release‚ moving Avira from System to User Security This release starts the transition toward a user centric view of the security. Until now‚ we always exclusively protected devices. Now we protect also user’s social networks and we emphasize the importance of the parental control for protecting the children from online dangers. Starting with this release‚ we will no longer have the year as part of the product name: e.g. Avira Antivirus Premium
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Internal and External analysis of Starbuck Internal Analysis The internal analysis is used as a framework to help develop its overall corporate‚ marketing or product strategies and how the resources assist to survive in this competitive market. 1.Resources and Competencies (R&C) Threshold R&C Tangible – 19.767 stores in 62 countries with182‚000 employees ‚ Hi-tech coffee machines and equipment‚ $ 14.9bn net-revenue(Starbuck Annual Report-2013) Intangible – Techniques to brew coffee‚ Build
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Internal-External (IE) matrix The Internal-External (IE) matrix is another strategic management tool used to analyze working conditions and strategic position of a business. The Internal External Matrix or short IE matrix is based on an analysis of internal and external business factors which are combined into one suggestive model. The IE matrix is a continuation of the EFE matrix and IFE matrix models. Internal-External IE matrix work? The IE matrix belongs to the group of strategic portfolio
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Strategic Audit Project Part II: External and Internal Analysis Paper Medtronic Inc. can easily be compared to le Concorde‚ a turbojet supersonic passenger airliner first flown in 1976. This jet was more than twice as fast as any other airliner ever created‚ flying at speeds of up to 1‚350 mph. The capability to fly at more than twice the speed of a regular airliner equates to twice the flights and premium prices for this astonishing service. The resulting profitability of le Concorde is what
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External and Internal Analysis of Foxconn Introduction Foxconn‚ or Hon Hai Precision Industry Co‚ was founded 37 years ago in Taiwan by Terry Gou. The company initially started as a local computer component manufacturer. Over the past decades‚ Foxconn had been continuously growing to become the world’s largest electronic components manufacturers with the consolidated revenue of 59.32 billion US dollars in 2010. As the largest electronic manufactures‚ Foxconn provides electronic components to major
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