APPLE PESTEL ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS Political These refer to government policy such as the degree of intervention in the economy Apple‚ being a Cupertino based company in California‚ is subject to American laws and regulations. These include taxation laws and product manufacturing regulations. Economic * These include interest rates‚ taxation changes‚ economic growth‚ inflation and exchange rates. For example: - higher interest rates may deter investment because it costs more
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Apple Inc. Case Analysis MB 730 Strategic Analysis Professor McClellan Date: 09/23/2012 Name: Allen (Hanlin) Wang Overview of the PC Industry The personal computer industry came up during the 1970s. A personal computer is one intended for individual use‚ as opposed to a mainframe computer where the end user’s requests are filtered through operating staff‚ or a time sharing system in which one large processor is shared by many individuals. In the 1980s‚ personal computers
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Apple Inc. Ahmet Bayram BUS101 Steven Starks Nov‚ 25 2011 The best way to get to the essence of any company is by evaluating its priorities and that is what Apple Inc. has done to our market is that they have become innovators in our generation. Apple is the largest tech company in the world. With their vast distribution network and strong brand recognition they’ve experienced large growth in share price‚ revenues‚ and income. Apple has almost single-handedly made it easier
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Value Chain Analysis Before making a strategic decision‚ it is important for Apple to understand how its activities or products create values for customers. One way to do this is to conduct a value chain analysis (VCA). VCA “refers to the idea that a company is a chain of activities for transforming inputs into outputs that customers value. The process of transforming inputs into outputs compromises a number of primary and support activities” (Hill and Jones‚ 2001‚ p.133). Each value is considered
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Apple Computers For Fiscal Year Ending December 31‚2010 Overview: Apple started in Steve Job’s bedroom when Jobs and Steve Wozniak began work on the Apple I. Since it’s start Apple has had it’s ups and downs and today has come out on top. Apple designs‚ manufactures and markets a range of personal computers‚ mobile communication and media devices‚ and portable digital music players‚ and sells a variety of related software‚ services‚ peripherals‚ networking solutions and third party digital
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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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SWOT Analysis: Apple Inc. Management 303 Management 303 SWOT Analysis of Apple Inc Section I – Organizational History and overview In 2007‚ Jobs told a crowd at the Macworld Expo that Apple would now be known as Apple Inc.‚ and not Apple Computer‚ Inc. The company had moved from producing only computers to offering the iPod‚ iTunes and more. That year‚ Apple also debuted its widely successful touch screen Smartphone and the less popular Apple TV. In early 2009‚ Jobs left Apple for a short
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Company Analysis Introduction This essay attempts to study Toyota Motor Company through various business dimensions. Firstly it will see the functions performed by the company’s distributors and the ways company disseminates its products and services and how does company intend to take on their distribution strategy. Secondly‚ the essay will see how company communicates with their customers and what different vehicles of communication they use. The essay also looks into the pros and cons of various
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business report IBM and APPLE Executive summary The purpose of the report is to demonstrate the various aspects of the marketing theory and practices. The report selects two well known companies IBM and Apple to do this study. The hardware range from IBM like the note book is selected and the Consumer electronic range like e IPod has been taken as the products for our research. The report studies the various aspects like industrial background‚ company background‚ macro environmental
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Company Background Apple‚ Inc. (formerly known as Apple Computer‚ Inc.) was incorporated in the State of California in 1977. Apple currently designs‚ manufactures‚ and markets a variety of computer and personal electronic products‚ including Macintosh computers‚ and the iPod digital music player. AppleÕs key markets are consumers‚ creative professionals‚ educational institutions‚ and business users. For nearly twenty years‚ Apple computers have been the industry standard for creative industries
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