domestic sales‚ the company is facing the risk of cannibalization and might deeply suffer. High Cash (CI#3): Why is Apple holding so much cash? Having too much cash in reserve might either mean that the company does not know yet how to allocate it or that they may have some risk concerns about future potential investment. Succession (CI#4): Apple is clearly one of the handful of companies where the fortunes are seen to be intricately tied to the person in charge. The star quality and the visionary
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Apple Team Project BUSMHR 4490 PC Industry Overview The personal computer industry‚ like many industries before it‚ has undergone drastic changes and innovations since the first PC was introduced. These changes and innovations are necessary to keep up with the always shifting and uncertain market conditions. While a lot of discovering‚ inventing‚ and tinkering was being done in the PC industry in the middle to late 20th century‚ it wasn’t until the late 1970s that Apple pioneered the first useable
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Introduction The PC Industry in the United States (U.S.) is made up of desktop PC’s and mobile PC’s. A desktop PC is a personal computer that and individual would use in their home and is not portable. A mobile PC is also a personal computer and they include laptops‚ notebooks and netbooks. While some people might think that tablets and smartphones would be part of this classification‚ they actually are not part of the mobile PC classification. PC’s are simply just personal computers. Within the PC industry
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market‚ the barrier to entry was low. This was due to the relatively low startup cost‚ which is a huge contrast to the present industry. Meanwhile‚ the barrier to entry today is moderate. While the threat of new entrants is low in most places‚ the same cannot be said about emerging economies such as India and China. Apart from the high capital cost required‚ qualities of the PCs are of the most important purchasing factors. As such‚ brand awareness is high. However‚ customers in countries such as India
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Business/Personal Computer Industry Market size: $321 Billion annual revenues worldwide; 357 million units sold annually worldwide Scope of competitive rivalry: The competition within the PC industry is extremely cut throat due to new technology‚ reliability‚ and customer service. The top companies consist of Dell‚ Hewlett Packard‚ Apple‚ Gateway‚ and Sony. Market growth rate: 14% annually Stage in life cycle: Mature Number of companies in industry: There are 5 major PC companies with a handful
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Godzilla; they didn’t have special features but were still fun to play with. Somewhere‚ my tastes changed and I found myself playing with more and more complex toys until I finally reached a new category: video games. In my opinion‚ toys are now different. They have different features and are more complex than before and that’s because of technology. When we compare/contrast the past/present‚ we can see that technology has changed the toys of this generation – it has changed the type of playtime kids
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Have you every had a dog as a pet? Dogs have changed over time. 35‚000 years ago‚ they were wolves that attacked humans. They got to know humans and they started to help people. They made them do the hard work that people could not do. Over time they started to become smaller and humans started to care about them more. Dogs are a mans best friend. The relationship between dogs and humans has changed over time. 35‚000 years ago‚ there was wolves and humans. Humans regarded wolves as threats
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Reflection Paper Classrooms have changed a lot over the past four decades. When I was a child‚ I do not recall having any diverse learners in my classes. There were some children in my neighborhood who had learning disabilities‚ but they attended school somewhere else and I had little exposure to children that were different from myself. Today‚ my own children attend school in a very different environment than I did. Both of my daughters have boys in their classes who have Asperger’s Syndrome. They
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PC Gaming over the years. How much has it changed? PC gaming has evolved immensely over the past 50 years‚ and with the progression of time‚ the advent of technology in gaming has brought about plenty of changes in the design of a gaming laptop. There are so many people even today that remain indulged in these games. There was a time when the markets for consoles and PC games was not up‚ but now the market has almost merged together to become one. Plenty of games for PCs are developed even today
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created. Cars have become one of the quickest mid-distance or long-distance travel ways and for every three people in the U.S‚ one will have a car. Cars have changed the we travel. They have allowed faster and and safer travel that allows the car to be more highly rated as a way of transportation. Cars have also developed many new features as well and people need to learn how these changes came to be. Cars have impacted society at an extreme over the past 100 years. Automobiles changed the ways humans
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