STRATEGIC AUDIT WORKSHEET FOR APPLE INC. Prepared by: MGMT 4480 FALL 2009 I. CURRENT SITUATION A. Current Performance: Apple announced financial results for its fiscal 2009 fourth quarter ended September 26‚ 2009. The Company posted revenue of $9.87 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.67 billion. These results compare to revenue of $7.9 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.14 billion‚ in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 36.6 percent‚ up from 34.7 percent in the year-ago
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is collected and categorize. Perception is affected by the amount of contact to a incentive and by individual interpretation. If the same consumer encountered that information often and from many sources‚ then the consumer ’s attitude toward dairy products might change enough to influence how often the consumer chose yogurt as a breakfast food. The next step is exploring what these consumers will buy. The importance of customer satisfaction diminishes when a firm has increased bargaining power
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Introduction The increasing attractive Asia Pacific digital product market provides Apple with a new battlefield for its expansion‚ especially in Mac computer and iPhone. The company owns one of the top brand names in technology worldwide with 54% of their profits coming from foreign markets (Apple Annual Report‚ 2006). Furthermore‚ Apple was able to win an important place as the fashion of the market took place. Since‚ Apple image is also related to its great design‚ high technology‚ high quality
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Business Strategy Apple Case 09 March 2012 “All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer‚ But what none can see is the strategy Out of which victory is evolved.” Sun Tzu (1) 1 Executive summary 2 2 Introduction 3 3 Apple INC.: An overview 3 4 Strategy Analysis 4 4.1 Branch of economic activity 4 4.2 The 8 key concepts 4 4.2.1 Competitive advantage 4 4.2.2 Long term 4 4.2.3 Organization 4 4.2.4 Scope 5 4.2.5 Environment
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My choice of brand for evaluation is Apple as it’s a really powerful brand and as an Apple advocate I feel the overwhelming presence of the brand in all my technology based purchases. Brand Management Defined In simple terms Brand Management is the art of creating and maintaining a brand. If we explore further we see that it is the process of maintaining‚ improving‚ and upholding a brand so that the name is associated with positive results from the market place. Brand management involves a number
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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 Apple did its first steps. They have done a good research and according to the results offered their production. By having good marketing and sales and good customer responsiveness Apple gained loyal customers. This means that Apple has good capabilities and resources. Moreover‚ Apple has done an innovation
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------------------------------------------------- CORPORATE & BUSINESS STRATEGY ------------------------------------------------- CASE STUDY 1– APPLE ------------------------------------------------- dUE: monday‚ JANUARY 23‚ 2012 “Apple Inc. 2010” By Group 5: Gautam Pangaonkar David Mead Mark Deveny Lindsey Liotta Apple’s Performance Glance at the history: Apple in 2001 had to go through hardships and it was a critical year for the company. The revenue fell from $8 billion in 2000 to
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Strategic Audit Is Apple Products Generic (iPod‚ iPhone‚ iPad)? Group No. 5- Ghanshyam Bheda (104) Kritika Gupta (311) Shikhar Mehra (314) Shivani Saxena (319) Sidharth Aneja (322) Suman Rathi (324) Ritwa Lokhandwala (330) Prabhudha Kushagra (336) Introduction Music Player Category MP3 player or Digital Audio Player is a consumer electronics device that is capable of storing and playing digital media such as audio‚ images‚ video‚ documents‚ etc. the data is typically stored on a hard drive‚ Microdrive
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PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING MARKETING STRATEGY MIX OF APPLE 2013 PHAN TRUNG DUC SB60417 SB0765 Ducptsb60417 INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING MARKETING STRATEGY MIX OF APPLE 2013 PHAN TRUNG DUC SB60417 SB0765 Ducptsb60417 In the economy‚ the marketing has an important position which decides almost the success of the company or the brand. Most of well-known brands in the world also have a good marketing plan; Apple is the best example for having excellent marketing
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that is also facing the company Apple Inc.‚ also known as Apple Computer Inc. before changed its name in the beginning of 2007‚ is an American consumer electronics corporation with worldwide annual sales in its fiscal year 2006 of US$19.3 billion (Edgar Online‚ 2006.) Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs out of Silicon Valley founded Apple Computer in the 1976 (Ehrenfried‚ 2004.) From the Apple II microcomputer introduced in 1977 to the Macintosh introduced in 1984‚ Apple Computer has became one of the leading
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