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Apple Computer Inc. Strayer University Bus 499 January 29‚ 2012 Professor Erica Atkins Abstract This paper describes the key strategic challenges facing Apple Computer. This paper will also describe the dimensions along which company success can be measured. We will also describe the critical external and internal environmental factors that have strategic implications for Apple’s future. This paper will further explain how Apple’s strategy stands up against industry rivalry. In closing we will
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I. Introduction. This external analysis of Apple Corporation uses an amalgam of Porter’s Five Forces‚ complementors‚ and elements of a PEST analysis to examine the threat levels in Apple’s market environment. Even though the analytical scheme is an amalgam of the various models‚ certain items are broken out for special attention below. First‚ in order to obtain an appreciation of that macroenvironment‚ an overview of Apple is offered. Apple is really involved in two businesses: the computer market
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Assignment #1: Company Background 1. FIRM NAME: Apple Inc. 2. HEADQUARTER LOCATION: 1 Infinite Loop CUPERTINO‚ CA 95014 United States Phone: +1-408-996-1010 Fax: +1-408-996-0275 Website: http://www.apple.com KEY EXECUTIVES Name | Since | Current Position | Arthur Levinson | 2011 | Independent Chairman of the Board | Timothy Cook | 2011 | Chief Executive Officer‚ Director | Peter Oppenheimer | 2012 | Chief Financial Officer‚ Principal Financial Officer‚ Senior Vice
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11/8/12 The History of Apple Computer Steve Jobs and Steve Wosniak became friends in 1971. Wosniak was 21 and Job‚ 16. They belonged to a computer club where hobbyists build computers from kits. In 1976 Jobs convinced Wosniak that they might make a few dollars if they built a computer they could sell. Wosniak went to work. Although the machine was fairly simple‚ it was nevertheless a masterpiece of design‚ using far fewer parts than anything in its class‚ and quickly earning Wosniak a
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Apple Company Apple Company The Apple Company it’s one of the most successful companies nowadays. This paper talks about how the company starts its empire‚ and the methods they use to advertise‚ sell and have the competitive advantage over the rest of the companies. The beginning of the most innovative company today started not so successful as it is today. Steven Wozniak and Steven Jobs were friends since college
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Case analysis 1 – Apple Computer 1. What were some of Apple’s biggest successes and failures? The greatest success of Apple Computer would be iPod/iPhone/iTunes/App store. They brought a whole new level of technology into this world. The function and design of these four products became a new trend that everyone must have. They began with iPod/iTunes‚ the design of iPod was revolutionary because it didn’t look like a normal MP3 player‚ Apple designed the internal hard disk into the iPod. Moreover
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1. Makadok (2001) emphasizes the distinction between capabilities and resources by defining capabilities as “a special type of resource‚ specifically an organizationally embedded non-transferable firm-specific resource whose purpose is to improve the productivity of the other resources possessed by the firm” [4](p389). “[R]esources are stocks of available factors that are owned or controlled by the organization‚ and capabilities are an organization’s capacity to deploy resources”:[3] p. 35. Essentially
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Capitalizing on Social Media Trends and Opportunities A key to business survival is capitalizing on popular cultural trends. Communication though social media websites like Facebook‚ MySpace‚ Twitter‚ and You Tube is the latest cultural phenomenon. Companies are now taking advantage of this external opportunity in an effort to reach new markets and communicate more effectively with current and potential consumers. The purpose of this activity is to explore this trend as a strategic opportunity
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The Service Industries Journal Vol. 30‚ No. 6‚ June 2010‚ 911 –928 Development of brand equity: evaluation of four alternative models Hong-Youl Haaà ‚ Swinder Jandab and Siva Muthalyc College of Business Administration‚ Kangwon National University‚ Chuncheon‚ Kangwon-do‚ South Korea; bDepartment of Marketing‚ Kansas State University‚ Manhattan‚ USA; cDepartment of International Business Studies‚ Swinburne University of Technology‚ Hawthorn‚ Australia (Received 20 February 2008; final version
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