Unit 1 Case Analysis: Apple‚ Inc.‚ 2008 Background Apple Computer‚ Inc. was created by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in April 1976. It started as a computer software and hardware manufacturer. Apple Computer‚ Inc. is famous for having one of the largest and most loyal customer bases that have helped to make concrete consistent growth for the company (Yoffie‚ Slind‚ 2008). In 2007 Apple Computer Inc.‚ became Apple Inc. to mirror its expansion into the consumer electronics market while still
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. PEST Analysis Political Few countries can compete with the Philippines when it comes to corruption which surprisingly involves the bookstore industry by way of the Bureau of Customs‚ according to Robin (2009) in his article “The Great Book Blockade”. Unfortunately‚ the customs official took their corruption to the shipping of books ever since the success of the international best seller book‚ Twilight by Stephen Meyer. When of the examiners of the customs official opened a shipment of books
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juices‚ energy juice‚ juice smoothies or selling bottled juices wholesale. Step 2 Write a business plan that includes details about your niche; three-year operating expenses; three-year profit projections; marketing and public relations strategies; analysis of competing businesses; information about potential vendors and selling venues. Step 3 Create juice recipes for your business‚ including flavors that aren’t commonly found in grocery stores. A varied menu will give customers an incentive to patronize
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PEST ANALYSIS The pest analysis refers to four main factors: POLITICAL ECONOMICAL SOCIAL TECHNOLOGICAL The analysis will focus towards the industry that how the political stability‚ rules and regulation‚ and the legal system of the country affecting the overall industry. The economic condition‚ liberalization‚ policy toward foreign investment‚ and growth rate of the economy as a whole also help to analyze the overall industry attractiveness and potential for the growth. The social
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Australia pest 1. Political and legal system Analysis Australia is democracy like many countries around the world. There is no violent political problem in Australia that can affect to the global or local business. Politic in Australia in the past few years still not quite stable because of the falling popularity of Labor leader‚ Mr. Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister and turn into the hands of Ms. Julia Gillard but the confidence in the eyes of global and also in Australia still be strong to having
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MARKETING PLAN OF APPLE INC. NİHAT HACIOĞLU ALİREZA BANAEİFAR ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA PROGRAM 2012 Table of Contents Overview 1. Firm Analysis a. Objectives b. Mission c. Vision d. Marketing Objectives 2. Environmental Analysis a. Macro Environment b. Micro Environment 3. Market and Competitor Analysis 4. Strategic Analysis such as SWOT‚ BCG 5. External and Customer Analysis a. Market Segmentation
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Increasing the Profit of Training Part Three When working to increase the profitability of training and running a training team as a P&L‚ as with any other business there are only two way to increase profit: increase revenue or decrease costs. Previous white papers have looked at how to quantify training efforts into revenue and discussed some strategies to reduce expense‚ but for most departments‚ the single largest expense by far is salary. In challenging economic times and a company is faced
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Pest Analysis Fast Food Retail Sector Introduction Political Factors McDonald’s food safety is of a very high-quality and is recognised as one of the best in the fast food retail sector. One of their main successes has been their training programme. They 1 train all of their staff before they begin work in one of their restaurants on all aspects of food quality‚ food safety and hygiene. This training‚ along with being made aware of the importance of cleanliness‚ continues throughout their
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Hewlett Packard by Steve Wozniak‚ Apple Computers Inc. was established on 1976 by the willingness of these two individuals to create a small‚ practical and user-friendly computer for home usage – with Job’s garage as being the main office‚ the computer was sold only by its system‚ meaning that no case‚ monitor or whatsoever was sold with it (Richardson‚ 2008). In this industry‚ Apple is facing several competitors such as‚ Samsung‚ Lenovo‚ Huawei and Sony‚ but Apple is still the most profitable and
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Apple IFE Matrix Analysis It was pretty surprising to me to find that all the different groups came up with fairly similar ratings in their IFE matrix for Apple Inc. My group‚ management‚ had the second highest rating at a 2.78 and I felt that we were fairly critical of the different strengths and weaknesses for the company. The groups that pertained to a more financial aspect like finance and accounting seemed to have lower scores‚ which were not as far above the average for utilization of resources
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