Introduction to the company Apple Inc. (Apple)‚ is a multinational corporation that creates consumer electronics‚ personal computers‚ computer software‚ and commercial servers‚ and is a digital distributor of media content. Founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak effectively created Apple Computer on 1st April‚ 1976‚ with the release of the Apple I‚ and incorporated the company on 3rd January‚ 1977 in Cupertino‚ California. Apple Inc. designs‚ manufactures‚ and markets mobile communication gadgets and media
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Logos: Apple A very common sight for many people: The Apple logo. In the diagram on the separate sheet‚ we see how they used Fibonacci to make an aesthetically pleasing picture. The logo looks nice because of its rounded‚ almost spherical shape. Some would argue that it is perfect whereas others find it boring. Over the years the colours have changed from the rainbow stripes of 1976 to the monochrome of 1998. It had changed to be monochrome to look more professional as opposed to childish. It
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Apple SWOT Apple’s Strengths * ITunes Online Store is an excellent source of revenue derived from sales of music and applications for Apple’s iPhone‚ IPad and iPod touch devices. * Excellent brand loyalty by its customers. Many own multiple products (Mac‚ iPhone‚ etc.) * No debt‚ excellent cash flow. $13bn Net Income in most recent quarter. (Dec 2011). * Excellent Research & Development division that is able to deliver (premium) products that customers will stand in line to buy
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The External Environment affects the internal operations of all businesses. What’s happening in the world of politics‚ economics‚ socially and technologically impacts how a business has to act in order to survive. External elements that affect the inner working of a business are known as PEST factors. ‘PEST’ is an acronym for Political‚ Economic‚ Social and Technological. Politics may affect the ability of a business to achieve its aims and objectives and changes in laws may mean a company has
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Why was Dubinsky initially successful? Her first 3 years at apple from July 1981 through the fall of 1984 was ones continuous success with increasing authority and recognition. She refined and formalized the apple product distribution policy. She exactly understood apple situation in market and create a marketing execution funnel that Apple Company didn’t have this system before. She and her group took all apple products from their respective manufacturing sites to the dealers. They
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The world is an apple Can one man’s world revolve in an apple? Can all his flaws be magnified a million times beyond the naked eyes? Can he see his mistakes no matter how he avoid confronting his own conscience? Alberto Florentino did just that. One of the stories written by a Filipino author‚ "The World is an Apple"‚ has reached the conscience of even an ordinary man whose willpower to view life is anchored mainly on a three-square round meals a day. Alberto Florentino managed to tap the inner
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The Apple of Discord "The Apple of Discord‚" also known as "The Golden Apple‚" is a Greek Mythology tale that involved three Goddesses. The three Goddesses included: "Aphrodite" who is noted to have rose up from the foam on the ocean in Babylonian/Sumerian. Aphrodite was worshiped as the Goddess of love and beauty. "Aphros" is the Greek word for "sea foam." Aphrodite had powers associated with fertility and growth/harvesting of crops‚ war‚ and descent to the underworld‚ birth/life/love/death
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Danielle Green IST5010 S01 Revenue Model Starbucks has agreed to a partnership with Apple to collaborate on selling music as part of the "coffeehouse experience". In October 2006‚ Apple added a Starbucks Entertainment area to the iTunes Store‚ selling music similar to that played in Starbucks stores. In September 2007 Apple announced that customers would be able to browse the iTunes Store at Starbucks via Wi-Fi in the US (with no requirement to login to the Wi-Fi network)‚ targeted
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Stakeholder For other uses‚ see Stakeholder. Internal and external stakeholders of a company A corporate stakeholder is a party that can affect or be affected by the actions of the business as a whole. The stakeholder concept was first used in a 1963 internal memorandum at the Stanford Research institute. It defined stakeholders as "those groups without whose support the organization would cease to exist."[1] The theory was later developed and championed by R. Edward Freeman in the 1980s
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The play "The World is an Apple" is one of the most famous Filipino play by famed playwright‚ Alberto S. Florentino. In the story‚ it was shown how the main character Mario was forced to choose a path that he has long promised to not walk through again because of poverty. The story shows one sad reality of life that when an individual was backed up on a wall‚ he will do anything even if it’s not accepted in his society. The scenario of the story is not far from what’s happening with members of
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