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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1989 and later from 1997 - 2011 b. Tim Cook was COO during Job’s second reign and has acted as CEO after Jobs. II. Steve Jobs acted as an innovative micro-manager‚ which lead Apple to create a new market for different devices. a. He invented the iPod‚ a user friendly mp3 device‚ and iTunes‚ a web service to buy music‚ which brought Apple large profits and continues to do so today. b. He invented the iPhone‚ a user friendly smart phone‚ which launched the smart phone market we know today. Until
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What is good design and what is the right way to evaluate it? “Typically‚ products to be developed‚ concept products‚ prototypes or brand new products are evaluated in extensive and costly tests with typical consumers in different test settings” (Carbon and Leder‚ 2007‚ p.33). However‚ Apple inc.‚ the acknowledged market leader in quality of product design‚ thinks different‚ and have always relied on their executive opinion rather than that of any focus-groups or potential customers‚ because “this
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Marketing Plan Phase I: Apple iPhone 6 Name MKT/421 December 1‚ 2014 Teacher Overview of the Organization Apple Inc. is one of the most well-known companies in the world. In 1976‚ Apple Inc. was created when Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created and released the Apple I. It was a slow process for the company and the two were not taken seriously at first. It wasn’t until 1977 when Apple released the Apple II at a local computer trade show. Over the years‚ Apple
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others who enjoy Apple products just as much as they do. By creating this space‚ Apple encourages current and new customers to get excited about what it has to offer. Complete Solutions: Apple’s products complement and complete each other. Buy an iPod‚ and you can download music via iTunes. For the average user‚ most Mac programs are produced by Apple. This sort of control over
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information firstly‚ he bought the SoundStep from Jeff Robbin‚ moreover‚ Robbin and a couple of other programmers began writing code from scratch and developed the first version of ITunes. Secondly‚ Jobs make iTunes portable. Thirdly‚ after the ipod was born‚ Jobs noticed the last key element was missing‚ online store for buying downloadable songs‚ and then he achieve it. c. people person’s sensitivity‚ expert and initiative‚ for example: No.1 is Steve Jobs‚ the market information founder
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Sony Overhaul Introduction: This paper will analyze how Sony is struggling to reinvent itself in the market by transforming its corporate culture‚ cutting costs and introducing new product lines in its ailing electronics division. Recommendation. Corporate culture needs to be cohesive and organic: The corporate culture at Sony is bureaucratic and the job for life mentality has created Empire building in departments. Each department or unit looks to gain control over key projects and ignores
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Leonardo da Vinci tenet that appeared in Apple’s first marketing brochure: “simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” Ten years ago‚ the portable music player industry was ripe for a shake up‚ and Jobs’ quest for simplification led to the revolutionary iPod followed by the iPhone. When setting their sights on what to do next‚ today’s emerging business leaders need only find products that are more complicated than they need to be. Elegance Steve Jobs strove to deliver the elegant ideal. “People are
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ASSIGNMENT OF MARKETING MANAGEMENT QUESTION: In Marketing ‚ we study 4Ps like Product‚ Price‚ Place and Promotion. You are supposed to analyze any brand or product of choice based on the above marketing mix i.e. 4Ps. ANSWER: MARKETING MIX The marketing mix is a broad concept which includes several aspects of marketing which all inquire to obtain a similar goal of creating awareness and customer loyalty. The marketing mix is not only an important concept‚ but a guideline to reference back to
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Channel Management : Describe the channel strategy in place‚ give your opinion about its effiency and describe how to could be in the 10 coming years. The company Apple sells lots of technologic and innovative goods and services‚ like the famous iPhone‚ iPod or Macintosh. The success of this firm is due to the innovation‚ an excellent communication‚ design‚ the ease use‚ and in other hand due to the adapted channel distribution strategy. As we can see‚ Apple Products aren’t available in every store‚
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