A. Company Analysis Company Information (source Apple’s latest annual report on their web site) Apple Computer‚ Inc. was incorporated in 1977. Products include personal computers and related software‚ services‚ peripherals‚ and networking solutions; line of portable digital music players along with related accessories and services; personal communication devices; online sale of third-party audio and video products. Products sold worldwide through online stores‚ retail stores‚ and
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1) Define and compare the business models and areas of strength of Apple‚ Google‚ and Microsoft. A) Microsoft’s business model is operating systems which 95%of all computers use worldwide. The strengths for Microsoft are that they are still the leader in PC operating systems and desktop productivity software. But has failed miserably with regards towards smartphone hardware and software‚ mobile computing‚ cloud-based software apps; its internet portal B) Apple’s business model mainly focuses
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selected firm. (Falcis‚ 2012) About the Company-Apple Inc The company considered
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Apple Inc. has long been a leader in the consumer electronics industry. Apple’s success has lead to fierce rivalries from competitors wanting a piece of the growing industry. Two of Apple’s most notable rivalries are with Samsung and Google. It is worth noting that for the majority of Apple’s existence‚ Microsoft had been seen as their biggest competitor. Although Microsoft is still a competitor‚ Samsung and Google’s successful entry into mobile consumer electronics has left Microsoft lagging behind
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1 Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronic‚ software and personal computers. The mission statement of Apple is “Apple designs Macs‚ the best personal computers in the world‚ along with OS X‚ iLife‚ iWork‚ and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store‚ and has recently introduced its magical iPad which
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APPLE INC CASE ANALYSIS Clint A. Persaud University of Ontario Institute of Technology October 2014 Question 1 Industry From the beginning of time apple has operated in quite a few industries‚ the first being the Personal Computer in in 1976 (pg1) and then with the leadership of John Sculley they entered the Desktop Publishing industry from 1985 to 1993 where John Sculley also attempted to implement a low cost strategy (pg2). Scully didn’t stop there he also tried
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Case 10: Apple Computer and Steve P. Jobs CURRENT SITUATION * Performance The current performance at Apple Inc. shows a slightly higher gross margin percentage of 33.9 compared to 32.9 for the previous year. This is based on figures from the quarterly report ending March 29‚ 2008 and the date for the comparison figure is the previous year ending March 31‚ 2007. The revenue for that same quarter was $7.51 billion with a net quarterly profit of $1.05 billion. The Macintosh computers unit
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Introductions Apple Inc is an American system company which combined with design and innovative technology‚ selling consumers electronic‚ computer software and personal computer. The Macintosh line of computer‚ ipod‚ iphone‚ and ipad are most well-known hardware products of this company. Software in this company is including Mac OS‚ itune‚ ilife‚ iwork‚ aperture‚ ios‚ final art studio‚ logical studio and safari. Apple as an admirable company with high revenue and high profit has been evaluated
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Customer Value Based Analysis (CVF Approach) Apple’s brand name has a very highly valued name in society. As an American‚ it is common for people of all ages and demographics to be a customer of Apple. It is prestigious yet also almost considered the normal in today’s society to have an Apple iPhone‚ Apple iPad‚ Apple iPod‚ or Apple Macbook. Society values Apple as having a high quality product that consumers can rely on but this also comes at a price. Most customers of Apple are just below the
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Apple Case Discussion Notes: 1. What‚ historically‚ has been Apple’s competitive advantage? - Innovation. They were the first ones to create a personal computer‚ first to capitalize on the MP3 movement‚ first to create the tablet computer. They have the first mover advantage in their efforts. - First mover strategy of being the first company to do something - A case can be made for efficiency with their quick turnaround of product updates 2. Analyze the personal computer industry. Are
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