inventory due to inflow of cheaper alternatives. April 1999‚ Creative launched the NOMAD line of MP3 players which was later reintroduced as the MuVo and ZEN series of MP3 players. Creative dominated the MP3 player market until the entry of Apple Inc. with their iPod. 20012005 – Creative applied for U.S. Patent. ZEN Patent was awarded to Creative for the invention of user interface for portable media players. This opened the way
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transformed several companies over the years with his nearly flawless intuition‚ his passion and enthusiasm. Jobs’s emphasis in constant innovation and renewal‚ leaded Apple to stay at the top and be the pioneer in many product categories (iPhones‚ iPods‚ iPads). In 2011‚ Apple turned to be the planet’s most valuable company (McCracken‚ 2011). He had a tremendous confidence in his instincts (he was very self-confident) and he was a perfectionist. He had a strong expert power as he had a deep knowledge
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steadily increasing. Also‚ global currency exchange rates are changing in favor of the companies‚ such as Apple‚ which use the dollar for their revenue accounting‚ especially in Asian markets. As the iPhone and the iPad replace the functions of the iPod‚ we
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a computer company. It moves into digital music‚ with the IPOD and with ITunes‚ and mobile devices‚ with the IPhone. Apple‚ Inc. Apple is really involved in two businesses: the computer market and the entertainment and media market. Its approach has been to integrate its new products around its core industry in an effort to construct a digital lifestyle that encompasses not only its line of computers but its new products such as the iPod‚ the iPhone and online services such as iTunes. Apple Inc.
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Creative Hero: Steve Jobs In reinventing Apple‚ a struggling computer company‚ Steve Jobs encouraged and abetted the reinvention of several industries that had also fallen on hard times. Apple not only invented cool new gadgets such as the iPod‚ iPad and iPhone but new ecosystems iTunes‚ Apps that offered a lifeline to struggling established industries‚ as well as immense opportunities for upstart entrepreneurs. Itunes created a venue and method for music and entertainment companies‚ who saw their
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with secrecy. Their superiority arises from being the first and furtive. They broke new ground with the first usable “personal computing devices”. They created a Mac OS and refused to license it out. They changed the way we listen to music‚ the iPod‚ and what we want our cell phone to do‚ iPhone. Job’s theory was to tell people what they want and this idea made Apple a leader in innovation. Conversely‚ other companies‚ be it PCs or mobile device producers‚ are more reactionary and simply give
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VRIN Framework Resources | V | R | I | N | Explanation | Software | iTunes‚ continuation of current strategy. | | | | | iTunes still holds the majority of the market share‚ showing positive effects. However‚ becoming less rare as similar software is produced‚ which allows synchronization of the apple product without iTunes‚ such as Copy Trans. | | iWork‚ invest in redeveloping product | | | | | Redeveloping the product would certainly increase the value and demand for the products
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Question 1:Was the approach that Bonnier used to establish a centralized R&D Department and to change its innovation approach a sound business decision? Why or why not? What made this decision risky? It was a good decision. In a new digital world‚ Bonnier needed to introduce a new culture of innovation and the centralized R&D team was a perfect driver for that. Moreover‚ the new R&D team report directly to Jonas Bonnier (CEO). This last point was a risk because that disrupts Bonnier decentralized
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more and Hollywood blockbusters show different from American culture. But in some case globalization has affected young people. Today‚ it is very common to see teenagers are wearing NIKE T-shirt and Adidas footwear‚ playing Hip-hop music on apple ipod and eating at KFC‚ Macdonalds. It’s specially‚ we can see in metropolitan cities in different countries. We can only distinguish people by their language because of globalization. As the different ancient culture of different countries become going
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“Steve Jobs Secret” Steve Jobs was born on February 24 1955‚ in Los Altos California. He studied as an undergraduate: physics‚ literature‚ and poetry‚ at Reed College‚ Oregon‚ an interesting combination of subjects. I admire so much Steve jobs because I think he is a good example to follow. He taught us many things such as how to get up again and again after falling many times. One of his main characteristics is that he was too perfectionist and it was very important to achieved all his goals
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