Group Assignment APPLE COMPUTER Strategic Management (MRC2213) Prepared by Norhayati Sulaiman (MR111202) Ahmad Akmal Mohd Idris (MR121007) Nor Fadillah Md Ali (MR 11150) For Dato’ Dr. Mohd Padzil Bin Hashim International Business School UniversitiTeknologi Malaysia Introduction Apple Computer Inc was established by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs in April 1976. It all started after Wozniak made a box called Apple 1 computer‚ it has no keyboard and no power supply but it was
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The Apple I‚ Apple’s first product‚ was sold as an assembled circuit board and lacked basic features such as a keyboard‚ monitor‚ and case. The owner of this unit added a keyboard and a wooden case. Apple was established on April 1‚ 1976‚ by Steve Jobs‚ Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne[1] to sell the Apple I personal computer kit‚ a computer single handedly designed by Wozniak. The kits were hand-built by Wozniak[24][25] and first shown to the public at the Homebrew Computer Club.[26] The Apple I was
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various frameworks‚ matrices and models. Porter’s Five Forces The attractiveness of the Industry in 1998 can be gauged by the use of Porter’s Five Forces Framework for Industrial Analysis. The Five Force Framework‚ which was unveiled by Michael E. Porter‚ of Harvard University‚ in his book‚ Competitive Strategy (1980) is used in understanding the attractiveness of an industry environment for the “average” competitor within it (Ghemawat‚ 2002). The Five Forces recognised by Porter include: 1. Suppliers
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Porter ’s Competitive Forces Used as Industry Standards Porter ’s Competitive Forces Used as Industry Standards In business today there are many factors‚ aside from products and services that contribute to industry dynamics and standards. It is generally understood that a SWOT analysis be conducted in order to identify a company’s: Strength‚ Weakness‚ Opportunity‚ and Treat. Through this analysis‚ a company will develop methods of doing business by which a company can
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Porter’s Five Forces model is an important tool used to differentiate where power is to be gained and lost within the business world. It gives examples of how businesses compete within markets and how they can assess their potential profitability. It shows how the rivalry between businesses is affected and altered based on several economic conditions and strategies that businesses may take to change an industry. The five forces of this model are supplier power‚ buyer power‚ competitive rivalry
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Opportunity………………………………….…………………………………………………...2 1. Industry Description…………………………………………………………………………2 2. Industry Demand……………………………………………………………………………..4 Part III: Industry Analysis………………………………………………………………………………..4 1. 5 Forces………………………………………………………………………………………..4 2. Low Power Forces……………………………………………………………………………7 3. Key Success Factors………………………………………………………………………….7 4. One KSF……………………………………………………………………………………....9 Part IV: Strength Assessment………………………………...…………………………………………10 1. KSF Calculations……………………………………………………………………………10
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In the past 30 years‚ Porter’s five forces model has been recognized as one of the most useful strategic management tools which can be used to analysis organization external environment‚ so as to help organization build up competitive advantages. However‚ with the development of the world‚ the five forces model has been challenged that it cannot be continued use to adapt today’s dynamic environment. This essay aims to challenge Porter’s five forces model and to identify the problems which hide behind
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Porter’s 5 forces analysis is a framework for industry analysis and business strategy development developed by Michael E. Porter in 1979 of Harvard Business School. It uses concepts developed in Industrial Organization (IO) economics to derive 5 forces that determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of a market. Porter referred to these forces as the microenvironment‚ to contrast it with the more general term macro environment. They consist of those forces close to
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over and with its five forces strategy it has succeeded remarkably in differentiating its products. Learn more about Coke’s Porter’s Five Force Model right here on Bright Hub. slide 1 of 6 It Started as a Proposal In the year 1979‚ Michael Porter belonging to the Harvard Business School‚ proposed a business plan based on the five industry forces to do a SWOT analysis. The aim was to help business enterprises enlarge their market share and augment their profit. Michael Porter’s plan was to make
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E-commerce about? Electronic commerce is defined as the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and to a lesser extent‚ other computer networks. It is generally regarded as the sales and commercial function of e-Business. There has been a massive increase in the level of trade conducted electronically since the widespread penetration of the Internet. A wide variety of commerce is conducted via e-commerce‚ including electronic funds transfer‚ supply
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