3/19/2013 Opening Case • It was the early 1930s when a physician –turned textile trade in rural Karnataka found his business getting interrupted for want of regular supplies of cloth from the weavers. When he enquired with weavers about the reason for their irregularity‚ he was told that there was no working capital available to them. There were no banks in the area. The one located in the town was not interested in lending to small operators particularly in the rural area. Local money lenders used
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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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Mobile Industry: Overview The market for mobile phones is increasing at a rapid pace all over the world and emerging country like India is also witnessing a two digit increase in the numbers YoY. It is but natural that many a local and international companies shall be interested in setting their foothold in this lucrative market. Mobile phone industry is further divided as mobile Phone Instrument (Nokia‚ Samsung‚ LG‚ Sony Ericsson‚ Motorola and other local players like Micromax‚ Karbon‚ Spice‚ etc
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COMPANY Launched in October 1968 (Procter & Gamble‚ 2010) Pringles was sold to Kellogg in 2012 for $2‚7 billion. (Woodley‚ 2012) Pringles chips are available in a variety of unusual and irresistible flavours such as Ketchup‚ BBQ‚ Jalapeño e.t.c. (Procter & Gamble‚ 2010) There are snack size packages (40g) available and sharing packages (190g) as well. (Procter & Gamble‚ 2010) (The company profile page has more information about the company of pringles) COMPETITORS There is intense competition
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AP 1.0 Introduction Apple started in April 1976 as a computer company by Steve Wozniak at 26 years old and Steve Jobs at 21. Then‚ McKenna had designed the Apple logo in 1977. After putting in much effort‚ the annual sales reached $1 million selling the first microcomputer to use color graphics. In September 1997‚ Apple’s board of directors named Jobs as a temporary chief executive officer. Because of Jobs’s restorative efforts‚ by the decade’s end‚ the title of "temporary" was dropped
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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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PEST ANALYSIS FOR APPLE INC The PEST analysis is the useful procedure to grasp market growth or decline. So it is a business dimension tools that helps to identify an organisations macro environment. The factors include in PEST analysis are Political factors‚ Economical factors‚ Social influence‚ Technological factors. An organisation cannot control the changes in those factors but any changes effect directly to an organisation. So the organisation should react quickly if any
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Internal Analysis Tangible resources Apple’s tangible resources are extensive and widely documented despite the company’s high level of security in matters of design. The value of analysing the tangible assets of the organisation lies in the determination of the potential for the creation of competitive advantage (Grant 2007). In terms of financial resources‚ the case quotes Apple’s market capitalisation is approximately US $550 billion‚ with sales annually over $100 billion. This makes Apple the most
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8/5/2013 PowerPoint® Lecture Presentation to accompany Principles of Economics‚ An Asian Edition N. Gregory Mankiw | Euston Quah | Peter Wilson © 2008 Cengage Learning 1 TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS © 2008 Cengage Learning 1 8/5/2013 Economy. . . . . . The word economy comes from a Greek word for “one who manages a household.” © 2008 Cengage Learning TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS A household and an economy face many decisions: Who will work? What goods and how many
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say how twitter is founded. The first version of Odeo micro blogging should be used. They open full version of people‚ July 15‚ 2006 with October 2006‚ members of Stone‚ Evan Williams‚ Dorsey and Odeo the other started a new company called obsolete material companies. The company bought Odeo clearly all the assets of ICT‚ including Odeo.com and Twitter.com‚ investors and shareholders. ICTs micro blogging own independent company in April 2007 Micro blogging has become in 2007‚ after the music festival
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