ca/sect/coneng/tamer/Courses/1299/Ref/strategy%20unde r%20uncertainty.pdf 9 10. Regine Barth‚ Franziska Wolff‚ Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe – rhetoric and realities‚ 2009‚ pages 270-272 http://books.google.com/books?id=zgL3p855qu4C&Ipg=PA270&dq=PESTEL%20Fram ework&pg=PA270#v=onepage&q=PESTEL%20Famework&f=false 11 18. H. Mintzberg (1994) The Fall and Rise of Strategic Planning Harvard Business Review January/February p107-114; -8- 20. H. Mintzberg (1994) Rethinking Strategic Planning Part II: New Roles for Planners
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Apple was formed in 1976 by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs. After some disastrous losses in the 1980’s and 1990’s to their main competitor‚ IBM‚ Apple was able to re-invent the entire company. When Jobs returned to Apple in 1996‚ he took an expanded role and not only continually pushed for innovative ideas and products but also compelled several structural changes. Jobs also got rid of profitless divisions and departments. Apple has been able to gain market share quicker
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Apple History Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple on April 1‚ 1976 in Santa Clara Valley‚ California. The two built the Apple I out of a garage and sold it. The first Apple I computer did not include a monitor‚ keyboard‚ or casing. Due to the high demand for the Apple I‚ Jobs realized that there was a market for small computers. He also realized that he could market the company’s name and the computer’s user-friendly look. In 1977 Wozniak added a keyboard‚ color monitor‚ and eight peripheral
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hard-drive based (HDD) players. To combat this‚ Apple may release a new flash-based line of players. Apple in the Living Room Apple’s iPod and iTunes are a powerful combination that fosters a network style of increasing returns. By selling iPods‚ Apple increases the consumer demand for music from iTunes. By placing more musical choices on iTunes there is more demand for iPods. Apple is shooting for the digital living room of
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1. What industry conditions led to the revolution in audio distribution described in the case? Which stakeholders stand to benefit most and least from this revolution? The start of digital revolution has completely transformed the phase of audio distribution. The digitalized version of CDs known as the MP3‚ hit the market. This allowed the customers to purchase and download the music on their computers. This way the music lovers were no more compelled to go to the music stores. The software developers
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1. Historically‚ what were Apple’s major competitive advantages? To have a competitive advantage a company should have a right strategy‚ consequently to have distinctive competences and as a result to have good resources and capabilities‚ which bring high profitability to the company. In our case the competitive advantages of Apple is differentiation and innovation‚ high quality‚ great customer responsiveness‚ high level of marketing and having strong sales department. By recruiting Steve Jobs
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Banks Employees Customers Suppliers Distributors Trade Unions Materials Machinery Employees Capital assets Company policies Company procedures PESTEL Analysis PESTEL stands for Political‚ Economic‚ Social‚ Technological‚ Environment & Legal. Below I have created a table illustrating the PESTEL analysis. Political Foreign Trade Government Policy Tax Economic Inflation Growth Unemployment Rates Social Population growth Age Career Technological Distribution
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its business in several ways. Using the iTune system as an example‚ Apple can improve the usability of the site so that users find it easy to find music to purchase. In addition‚ providing the latest and most popular music for downloading at a reasonable price will allow Apple to satisfy customers. 4. Why would it be unethical for Apple to sell its iTunes customer information to other businesses? It would be unethical for Apple to sell its iTunes customer information to other business because
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PESTEL Model of Toyota Do you want to know how to analyze the SWOT of Automobile company Toyota? In the this post‚ we analyze PESTEL Model first... In order to formulate a strategy view‚ the current business environment of the auto industry is analyzed. The business environment is mainly analyzed in the PESTEL framework and the Porter’s five forces model. In this post‚ We analyze PESTEL Model first‚ and this will help you analyse the Opportunities and Threats of Toyota… Political Factors
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