Apple Inc. in 2012 1. What‚ historically‚ have been Apple’s competitive advantages? First competitive advantage of Apple is high margin. In Exhibit 5 you can compare the percentage of gross margins and R&D/Sales of three major PC manufacturers. The percentage of gross margin of apple is the highest among the three from 2006 while there is no big difference in R&D/Sales. This implies that the manufacturing process of Apple is more efficient than those of other companies and that consumers are willing
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INTRODUCTION:- (APPLE MACINTOSH) * APPLE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT:- Founded in 1976 in a garage in Santa Clara‚ California‚ Apple is the brainchild of Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs‚ two college dropouts who sought to provide a user-friendly computer to a new and distinct market of small computer users. Between 1978 and 1980‚ sales increased from $7.8 million to $117 million‚ and in 1980 the company underwent its initial public stock offering. In 1983‚ Steve Wozinak left Apple. That same year
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History of Apple Inc Apple‚ the name itself commands regard and admiration. The world renowned computer company is actually the brain child of perhaps one of the greatest innovators that history has ever witnessed – Late Mr. Steve Jobs. His untimely death has left a permanent hole in the heart of every computer and gadget enthusiast. Steve Jobs‚ with his brain child Apple Inc‚ in the true sense revolutionized the way the world listened to music and operated the traditional computers. The beginning
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About Apple in past: The Apple Inc. have become market leader by supplying price worthy products and with good technological design from their I-pods ‚ I-phones‚ MacBook with extending software like I-tunes. In 2001 apple was successful in introducing iPod. In January 2007 Steve Jobs announced iPhone‚ a combination of Internet-enabled smartphone and the iPod. The first iPhone was released on June 29‚ 2007 followed by iPhone 3G‚ iPhone 3GS‚ iPhone 4‚ iPhone 4s. Main competitors for Apple Inc
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.............................................................. 5 3.2. Porter’s Five Force Model analysis .......................................................................................... 5 3.2.1. 3.2.2. Threat of substitute products or services .............................................................................. 6 3.2.3. Bargaining power of customers (buyers) ............................................................................. 7 3.2.4. Bargaining
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NCC Apple Corporate Analysis Introduction to Business APPLE‚ Inc. Nasdaq: APPL “Apple designs Macs‚ the best personal computers in the world‚ along with OS X‚ iLife‚ iWork‚ and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App store‚ and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with iPad”. This is the mission statement of Apple
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Table of contents 1. Introduction……………………………………………………………………2 2. Executive summary/ Abstract…………………………………………………2 3. Main Body……………………………………………………………………3-9 3.1 Background of Apple Inc……………………………………………………3 3.2 Critical Analyze of The Company’s Mission………………………………4-7 3.3 Strategic Management Process………………………………………………7-9 4. Conclusion………………………………………………………………………9 References…………………………………………………………………………10 List of figure Figure 1………………………………………………………………8
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Apple Inc criticized for double-standard warranties Updated: 2013-03-16 10:45 (Xinhua) | | | | | |
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It is said that customers’ loyalty is of great importance for the survival of a certain company in order to retain its existing customers. As Hultén (2007: 256) suggests‚ considering customers and customer-centric views is vital to understand how markets are developed‚ maintained and operated. Customer loyalty is widely seen as a key determinant of a firm’s profitability. It’s a common fact that it costs more to acquire a new customer than retain an existing one. In fact‚ it costs a company 6-7 times
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The Marketing Strategies of Apple Inc. Charles Pinckney II Jason Miller Kim Lehecka Robert Paul Texas A & M University CommerceTable of Contents Executive Summary………………………………………………………………………......3 Introduction‚ Company Overview and Market Opportunity Overview……………………4 Situation Analysis……………………………………………………………………………...4 SWOT Comparison Table…………………………………………………………………….6 Target Market Analysis………………………………………………………………………..6 Marketing Mix………………………………………………………………………………….
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