Strategic management : Etude de cas 1- SWOT SWOT Apple : Strenghts : - Good reputation among consumers always with innovative products (ipod: the first portable music player) - A high turnover and the company is quoted on stock - They have their own operating system (Linux) - Customer loyalty to the brand it create a community among users of Apple - An operating system more intuitive than Microsoft. Weaknesses: - Steeve Job’s death destabilized the brand - Product prices are
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I. Introduction. This external analysis of Apple Corporation uses an amalgam of Porter’s Five Forces‚ complementors‚ and elements of a PEST analysis to examine the threat levels in Apple’s market environment. Even though the analytical scheme is an amalgam of the various models‚ certain items are broken out for special attention below. First‚ in order to obtain an appreciation of that macroenvironment‚ an overview of Apple is offered. Apple is really involved in two businesses: the computer market
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Business Analysis of Apple Inc. On April 1‚ 1976 Steve Jobs‚ Steve Wozniak‚ and Ronald Wayne joined together to form Apple Computer Incorporated. The concept behind their company was the creation of an inexpensive‚ simple to use personal computer kit. Working out of Jobs’ garage in Cupertino‚ California the trio designed and manufactured their first product in three months. They named this product the Apple I and it went on sale in July 1976 for $666.66. Six months after the release of the Apple
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| Brief description of PC and Smartphone’s industry Smartphones | Company | Market share | Key success factors | Android | 68‚1% | * software * innovation * synchronization with google account | Apple | 16‚9% | * design * style * size * capacity * software * download facility * distribution | Blackberry | 4‚8% | * reliability * carrier friendly * design | Nokia | 4‚4% | * price efficiency * reliability * distribution * client’s service |
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to get paid as much as possible. Also‚ stakeholders can be health care professionals‚ especially nutritionists‚ as their analysis of fast food effect can influence public perceptions‚ therefore affecting sales. I will examine how McDonald’s has responded to or anticipated future events that have impacted its market and stakeholders using the PEST analysis as a tool. The analysis consists of situational and uncontrollable Political‚ Economic‚ Social and Technological forces within the macro environment
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high due to the existence of patents‚ high fixed costs and economies of scale‚ regulation‚ and brand loyalty. The individual market participants engage in attempts at product differentiation‚ some being more successful than others. The standout is Apple‚ which has successfully
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The following paper is a Financial Analysis of Apple‚ Inc. The paper is an unorthodox Financial Analysis of Apple‚ but will cover all the key aspects of a Financial Analysis - albeit in a different way. The first section of the Financial Analysis will have preconceived notions of Apple (what an individual thinks of Apple‚ without the facts in his hand - in this case the Financial Analyst of this paper)‚ the Financial Analysis - which includes stock performance‚ various financial ratios‚ dividend
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Retrieved on October 17th 2012 from http://www.hoovers.com/company-information/cs/company-profile.Dell_Inc.3d10a81e8e6a6d30.html * Webhostingart‚ 2010. “Apple Inc. - A renowned name in the PC industry”. Retrieved on October 18th 2012 from http://www.webhostingart.com/blog/brief-history-of-apple-inc.html * Yahoo Inc‚ 2012. “AAPL Competitors │Apple Inc. Stock Yahoo Finance” Retrieved on October 18th 2012 from http://finance.yahoo.com/q/co?s=aapl
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Pest and Pesticides For centuries‚ pests have been feasting on crops and not only decreasing a farmer’s crop yield‚ but also spreading diseases that can even be deadly. Mosquitos‚ like the one to the left can carry many diseases such as West Nile and malaria.1 There are so many pests from insects such as beetles‚ which feed off of crops such as the potato plant (left)‚ and mosquitos (left) to rodents such as rats that “even with extensive use of pesticides‚ a substantial amount of damaged [crops]
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1 Background to Acer Acer is a global force in the IT market. The company’s goal (September 2009) is to become the world’s number one netbook vendor. Acer was founded by Stan Shih and his wife‚ with a group of fi ve others‚ as Multitech in 1976. The company was renamed Acer in 1987. It began with eleven employees and US$25‚000 in capital. Initially‚ it was primarily a distributor of electronic parts and a consultant in the use of microprocessor technologies‚ but over time it began to develop
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