Executive Summary History Ever since Apple Inc. was established‚ they never had a straight way to reach success‚ but today Apple. Inc is the one of the largest and most successful technological companies around the world. Their main key to success is that they have a good management team that is led by founder Mr. Steve Job. They have had some issues that may have had some bad influence to their recent success‚ such as gross margins that were not increasing despite falling component prices‚ but
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Company Overview 1976 - Apple was founded by college dropouts Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak 1980 - Apple went public 1985 - Jobs left after tumultuous struggles with then CEO Sculley‚ and founded NeXT 2000 - Jobs became the CEO 2001 - Introduced a digital music player‚ the iPod 2007 - Apple Computers Inc. became Apple Inc. ‚ unveiled the iPhone. Apple has 4 main divisions: Laptop and personal computer division
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Opening Case Questions 1. What might have happened to Apple if its top executives had not supported investment in iPods? The iPods have revolutionized the way Americans buy‚ listen and enjoy their favorite music. In just a few short clicks‚ consumers across the globe can download that "oldie but goodie" taking them "back down memory lane". However‚ the investment in the iPods was only just the beginning for Apple. It opened the door to a whole new portfolio of sleek. fun and clever technological
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corporate webpage and annual report. How would you describe Google’s strategy? Google mission is "to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful‚" which means that its core attributes are its killing search engine and a massive‚ scalable IT infrastructure architected for innovation coupled with a well-considered organizational and cultural strategy Larry Page‚ co-founder and CEO of Google‚ once described the “perfect search engine” as something that “understands exactly
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higher profits. 2. What are the various directions for innovation to take? Can a mature firm in a stagnant industry pursue innovation? How successful is this likely to be? The search for new opportunities can be desirable for any industry or firm. For Google innovative thinking is very
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Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond‚ Washington‚ that develops‚ manufactures‚ licenses‚ supports and sells computer software‚ consumer electronics and personal computers and services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems‚ Microsoft Office office-suite and Internet Explorer web browser. Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4‚ 1975. Microsoft is the world’s largest software maker
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Foxconn is one of the manufacturer in Apple Inc. that is in charge of manufacturing electronics products. For instance‚ iPhones and iPads. Unfortunately‚ many employees committed suicide by jumping from buildings in 2010. Besides‚ there are lots of factors lead to many employees committed suicide. For example‚ poor working environment‚ low salary‚ work overtime‚ etc. This issue damaged the reputation of Apple Inc. directly. As a result‚ Foxconn and Apple Inc. make a different responses and solutions
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GOOGLE IN CHINA CASE STUDY Introduction Currently Google faces major issues regarding its operation in China. Google has been faced with the decision to comply with Chinese government regulation and censor its search engine results or take on the human rights approach of freedom of speech and eliminate censorship of searched terms. This paper will examine the case study‚ Google in China‚ and answer the following questions: What advantages and disadvantages does Google have in the Chinese market
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2.2 Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) MOF is presented in a 23-document series for the guidance IT professionals. The framework was first published in 2008 and updated in 2016 and now referred to as MOF 4.0. The document guides through the activities of creating‚ executing and handling efficient and cost-effective services. It provides a complete IT service lifecycle and includes phases like Planning‚ Delivery‚ Operations and Management. MOF 4.0 brings practical guidance for daily IT practices
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CASE STUDY ON GOOGLE IN “CHINA” Introduction: This analysis on this case study was performed based on the information provided from the “Http://www.icmrindia.org/casestudies” on the topic “Google in China”. Abstract: Google China was founded in 2005 and was originally headed by Kai-Fu Lee‚ a former Microsoft executive and the founder in 1998 of Microsoft Research Asia. In 2005‚ a Chinese-language interface was developed for the google.com website. In Jan 2006‚
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