Introduction Of Apple Inc. Apple Inc. is globally renowned as one of the leading companies‚ especially for its specialization in the personal computers and consumer electronics industry. The company is most well-known for the iPod‚ a digital music player and Macintosh‚ a personal computer released in 1984. Co-founded by Steve Jobs in 1976‚ the company was named under Apple Computers Inc. and its initial product Apple IIe gained relative popularity and success. The release of the Macintosh revolutionized
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Financial Analysis Project APPLE INC. Rev 1.1 A Financial Analysis Project By Josie Chavez Submitted to Kendra Huff‚ Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Accounting and Finance College of Business Administration Texas A&M University-Kingsville BUSINESS FINANCE 3338 Spring 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES iii LIST OF FIGURES v 1. CORPORATE OVERVIEW 1 1.1 Overview of Industry 1 1.2 Overview of Corporation 2 1.2.1 Product/Service Description 4 1.2
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Background of the Study Apple had gained wide popularity and success in our neo-technological era with full of advancements. It all started on April 1‚ 1976‚ when Apple Company was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak and the company was incorporated on January 3‚ 1977 in Cupertino‚ California and released Apple I‚ their first company product. After 4 years of hardship and magnificent inventions‚ On August 12‚ 1980‚ According to the Financial Times Magazine they cited that the “Apple Computer was the
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Steve Jobs‚ Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne established Apple on April 1‚ 1976 in order to sell the Apple 1 Computer Kit that was hand built by Steve Wozniak. The Apple 1 was sold as a motherboard (with CPU‚ RAM and basic textual video chips) – less than what is considered a personal computer today. Apple was responsible for creating the desktop publishing market due to their innovative programmes‚ PageMaker and LaserWriter. Between 1983 and 1996 Apple experimented with a number of failed consumer target
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Amazon vs. Apple: Competing Ecosystem Strategies by Ron Adner | 11:59 AM March 19‚ 2012 The most viable rival to Apple’s iPad isn’t produced by a traditional hardware firm. Samsung‚ Motorola‚ Toshiba‚ HP‚ RIM and HTC have hardly made a dent in Apple’s dominance. Remarkably‚ the leading challenger is online retailer Amazon‚ with its Kindle Fire tablet. The innovation game is changing. Delivering great products is no longer sufficient for success. And as the Fire’s limited memory‚ ho-hum processor
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company’s impact on global market share. Company Introduction The company Apple was founded by two college friends Steve Wozniak‚ who was genius in technical fields and Steve jobs whose vision was to bring easy use computer to market in 1976.The company headquarter is located in Cupertino California .The company has approximately 72‚800 full time employees according to the annual report September 29 2012. Apple company is one of the most innovative technology company since last three decades
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Identify at least three ways in which HRM/L&D activities support an organisation in meeting its goals and business objectives Identify at least three ways in which HRM and L&D professionals support line managers and their staff. Task 1 Apple Inc. is a global corporation with its headquarters based in Cupertino‚ California. Steve Jobs‚ Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne established the company in 1976. It is well
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Table of Contents Table of Contents i-ii Executive Summary iii 1. Background of Apple Inc. P.1 2. Apple Inc.’s Brand Development Decision 1. Brand Identity 1. Salience dimension P.2 2. Brand Meaning 1. Performance dimension P.2-3 2. Imagery dimension P.4 3. Brand Reponses 1. Judgments dimension P.4-5 2. Feelings dimension P.5-6 4. Brand Relationship 1. Resonance dimension P.6 3. Marketing mix
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was still questionable and seems like be unethical by some people. Apple can make significant profit on the sale of its products considering the price of Apple’s products and what its supplier’s workers outside of the USA are getting paid. As we can see‚ in 2010 the wages of Foxconn worker was about 900 Yuan ($143 per month).Apple’s newest iPhone costs minimum of $200 with a wireless company contract.So.it is convenient for Apple to continue business with Foxconn as it still able to gain profit from
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Using Internal Analysis‚ identify: a. Apple tangible and intangible resources as a source of competitive advantage. Tangible Resources * Apple.inc continues innovates several new products offering such as the iPod‚ iMac‚ iBook and also PowerBook. * Apple Inc. introduced the PowerMac G4 Cube that designed in a novel form and style. It is for those who did not want the monitor included with the computer. * Apple began marketing personal computer in general public‚ producing the specially
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