of product substitutes‚ and the intensity of rivalry among competitors (Hit‚ Ireland‚ and Hoskisson‚ p.40). In this case‚ Apple is just one of the many competitors in a saturated markets offering both hardware and software for personal computer systems. Intense players such as‚ HP/Compaq‚ Dell‚ Gateway‚ and Microsoft all take substantial market share in the industries Apple is competing with. Today in the computer hardware industry there is intense competition and the only way to gain market share
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APPLE TEACHING NOTE The Apple case can be used to illustrate the issues of make or buy and managing the supply chain. It is best used in the middle part of an operations strategy course. It not only introduces the issues of managing suppliers but also affords the opportunity to reinforce other key topics‚ including developing an operations strategy‚ designing products‚ and managing lead times and inventory. Questions similar to the ones below have been found adequate to bring out the key issues
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>> OPPORTUNITIES Huge Market Potential - In a country of a billion people‚ the Indonesian aviation industry is puny. Indonesia have 12 million people who travel by air every year against 3 million passengers who fly everyday in the US‚ even though its population is one-fourth that of Indonesia. Even if we assumed that only one-fourth of that large middle-class could afford and would be willing to travel by air‚ it would call for at least a 5-6-fold increase in capacity. This points to a huge opportunity
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INTRODUCTION:- (APPLE MACINTOSH) * APPLE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT:- Founded in 1976 in a garage in Santa Clara‚ California‚ Apple is the brainchild of Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs‚ two college dropouts who sought to provide a user-friendly computer to a new and distinct market of small computer users. Between 1978 and 1980‚ sales increased from $7.8 million to $117 million‚ and in 1980 the company underwent its initial public stock offering. In 1983‚ Steve Wozinak left Apple. That same year
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Marketing opportunities Executive Summary: BBQfun is one of Queensland’s specialty retailers. The BBQfun brand is synonymous with barbeque retailing and is built on the strong foundation of selling barbeques and outdoor lifestyle items to Queensland consumers since 2009. BBQfun’s product range is primarily focused on barbeques and outdoor lifestyle products‚ incorporating both local and important goods. BBQfun operates two stores in Queensland‚ one in Brisbane and one at the Gold Coast. BBQfun provides
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NCC Apple Corporate Analysis Introduction to Business APPLE‚ Inc. Nasdaq: APPL “Apple designs Macs‚ the best personal computers in the world‚ along with OS X‚ iLife‚ iWork‚ and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App store‚ and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with iPad”. This is the mission statement of Apple
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CASE STUDY: APPLE Chapter 7: Pricing Contents A. Understanding Pricing 4 1. Internal and External Considerations Affecting Price Decisions 5 1.1. Internal factors 5 1.2. External Factors 9 2. Setting The Price 10 B. Introduction to Apple 13 1. Product 14 2. Promotion 15 3. Place 16 4. Price 17 C. IPHONE 19 1. Introduction to iPhone 19 1.1 Main Features 19 1.2 Market share 20 2. Pricing Strategy of Apple’s IPhone 21 2.1 High Reference Pricing 21 2
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Costs and Revenues What is cost? If you go to a store and like an item and you want to buy it‚ which of the following questions would you ask: What’s the price of …..? 0R How much does …. cost? Examples of costs – set-up Examples of costs - running Fixed Costs 5000 What happened to the fixed costs if for some reason the company had technical problems and was unable to produce for 2 weeks? What happens if the landlord decided to raise the rent due to high property prices
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INTRODUCTION In 1976‚ Apple Computer‚ Inc. was established and was incorporated in 1977. Apple’s first product was the Apple I which began the personal computer revolution. In 2007‚ Apple Computer‚ Inc. changed their name to Apple‚ Inc. They made this change because they shifted their focus from only producing computers to producing other products for industries such as entertainment and mobile telecommunications. BCG MATRIX iPod iTunes iPod iTunes iPhone iPad iPhone
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[pic] Apple‚ Inc. Team Industry Analysis TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction & Mission Statement. a. Description of overall operating activities b. Main resources of company 2. Analysis of Actual General Economic Activities a. Sales growth and Income growth b. Competition‚ investment opportunities and regulations 3. Analysis and description of main competitor – Microsoft a. Brief analysis and description 4. Annual Reports
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