incredible‚ as the company should benefit immensely from the holiday season. • Over the past weeks the company has unveiled a flurry of new items‚ including the all-important iPhone 5‚ the iPad mini‚ a new 13-inch MacBook Pro‚ a new Mac‚ and a new iPod Touch‚ proving that the company is still innovating for the future. • The iPad mini puts Apple’s foot in the small tablet market‚ a space that for a time
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and to counter a poor record of marketing Apple products by their-party retail outlets. In addition‚ Apple introduced its first iPod portable digital audio player later that year. It was an entirely new product line from its computer business. Soon after the introducing of iPod‚ Itunes Store was established to offer online music downloads for US 99 cents a song for its iPod lines. Besides music‚ more than 2200 television shows‚ in addition to full-length films from Disney‚ are also available on iTunes
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A Strategic Analysis of Apple Corporation Timothy Pivovarnik Jeff Shaver Adam Siler Richard Sterling Dave Strubbe   EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 HISTORY OF APPLE 4 THE PC INDUSTRY 10 THE ONLINE MUSIC INDUSTRY 12 THE FUTURE OF APPLE 12 PERSONAL COMPUTERS A SHIFT IN STRATEGY 12 APPLE IN THE LIVING ROOM 14 STRATEGIC ALLIANCES AND ENTERTAINMENT 15 EXTERNAL ANALYSIS 17 TECHNOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT 17 Brand Awareness Style at a Premium 17 Interoperability 18 Technology
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Strategy and Competition Final Exam: 50% Students are required to read the “Apple Inc. in 2010” case study and answer FIVE (5) of the following questions. They are required to submit their answers within the stipulated time frame. 1- What‚ historically‚ have been Apple’s competitive advantages? Apple’s competitive advantages are its innovation‚ strong brand and rapid growth. In the Sculley years‚ Sculley pushed the Mac into new markets‚ most notably in desktop publishing and education. Apple’s desktop
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Inc. (formerly Apple Computer‚ Inc.) is an American multinational corporation that designs and sells consumer electronics‚ computer software‚ and personal computers. The company ’s best-known hardware products are the Macintosh line of computers‚ the iPod‚ the iPhone and the iPad. Its software includes the OS X and iOS operating system; the iTunes media browser; and the iLife and iWork creativity and production suites. Apple is the world ’s third-largest mobile phone maker after Samsung and Nokia.
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1. What industry conditions led to the revolution in audio distribution described in the case? Which stakeholders stand to benefit most and least from this revolution? The start of digital revolution has completely transformed the phase of audio distribution. The digitalized version of CDs known as the MP3‚ hit the market. This allowed the customers to purchase and download the music on their computers. This way the music lovers were no more compelled to go to the music stores. The software developers
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old (iPod‚ iTunes) or‚ indeed‚ less than a year old (Apple TV‚ iPhone). These product lines set Apple on a path to becoming a qualified digital convergence company (Yoffie‚ Slind‚ 2008). Apple introduced the iPod‚ a portable digital music player based on the MP3 compression standard‚ in November 2001. Thanks to its sleek design‚ it soon became a symbol of the Digital Age (Yoffie‚ Slind‚ 2008). Initially‚ the iPod could only be compatible with Macs. But in August 2002 Apple introduced an iPod for
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product lines are the iPhone‚ iPod and Macintosh System. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozaniak‚ The founder of Apple has created the Apple Computer on 1st April 1976 and integrated in the company on 3rd January 1977‚ in Cupertino California. It has driven the Computer manufacturing market for more than two decades. Mr. Steve Jobs who was expelled in 1985 was return as CEO of the APPLE Inc in 1996 with new Ideas and corporate philosophy. With introduction of successful IPod Player in to 2001 Apple has again
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Business Analysis Part I Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics‚ computer software‚ and personal computers. The company ’s best-known hardware products include the Macintosh computers‚ iPod‚ iPhone and iPad. As of August 2010‚ the company operates 301 retail stores in ten countries‚ and an online store. In September of 2010‚ Apple had 46‚600 full time employees and 2‚800 temporary full time employees worldwide and had worldwide annual
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