Case 10: Apple Computer and Steve P. Jobs CURRENT SITUATION * Performance The current performance at Apple Inc. shows a slightly higher gross margin percentage of 33.9 compared to 32.9 for the previous year. This is based on figures from the quarterly report ending March 29‚ 2008 and the date for the comparison figure is the previous year ending March 31‚ 2007. The revenue for that same quarter was $7.51 billion with a net quarterly profit of $1.05 billion. The Macintosh computers unit
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| | Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Situation Analysis Company 5 Customers 19 Context 23 Competitors 26 Collaborators 44 Growth Strategy Detailed Description of Growth Strategy 48 Goals & Objectives 48 Segmentation 48 Targeting 49 Positioning
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Finance Spring 2008 Pfeiffer/Triangle Financial Analysis Project Apple Inc. Prepared by: Radoslav Petrov Course Instructor: Dr. Rosemary E. Minyard Submission Date: 5 May 2008 Petrov‚ 2 Table of Contents: I. Purpose and Scope …………………………………………………………………... -3A. Objective of the Research …………………………………………………. -3B. Data Sources ……………………………………………………………….. -3C. Research Methodology …………………………………………………….. -4II. Analysis of Financial Statements (Ratio Analysis) ………………………………… -5A. Balance Sheet ………………………………………………………………
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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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Food Inc. The movie‚ Food Inc.‚ again‚ I was not surprised by most of the information that was presented. Most of our food is pumped with antibiotics causing naturally bacteria to become resistant or has been genetically modified by major corporations. It was constantly preached at my undergraduate college to be “green” in all aspects of life‚ buy local‚ eat organic‚ recycle and so on. So‚ it was this was not a shock. While‚ I was watching the Food Inc.‚ I did find it interesting the interaction
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B. External Analysis Coach Inc. operates in the luxury goods industry where it sells leather handbags‚ accessories and other leather products. The firm is among the best-known luxury brands in this growing submarket in North America and Asia. Within the luxury goods market there are three sub-categories: haute couture‚ traditional luxury‚ and accessible luxury. When Krakoff joined Coach in 1996 he helped position the company to lead in the “accessible luxury” segment. By 2000‚ Coach was
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Company Stock Analysis Google The company I chose to do my stock analysis on was none other than the internet search powerhouse‚ Google Inc. Google is perhaps the largest web index site that has a large array of products and services that provide users with instant access to relevant information on the internet. They primarily make their money from advertising‚ and by offering a wide variety of products and services‚ they use the information gathered on individuals to do more direct‚ focused advertising
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Head: EXTERNAL ANALYSIS OF APPLE‚ INC. APPLE‚ INC. External Analysis of Apple‚ Inc. Aaron Nance‚ Jeanette Odetola‚ Zuaibar Rashid‚ and Rachel Rozo Strategic Management MGMT 4340 FALL 2012 Dr. Uche Nwaubeze University of Houston‚ Victoria TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY……………………………………………………………….. 3 2. COMPANY HISTORY…………………………………………………………………... 2.1 Background…………………………………………………………………………. 2.2 Purpose of this study ……………………………………………………………… 3. EXTERNAL ANALYSIS ………………………………………………………………
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is important to define and analyze the current position that Apple in terms of its internal and external environment in order to gain a detailed picture of Apple itself‚ its industry and the strength and weakness associated with them. 2.0 PEST Analysis In analyzing the macro-environment‚ it is important to identify the factors that might in turn affect a number of vital variables that are likely to influence the organization’s supply and demand levels and its costs (Kotter and Schlesinger‚ 1991;
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APPLE Inc. (AAPL) Accounting and Financial Profile [pic] Name Sachitanand Karnakote Choong Chee Lai Lei Qiu Alcides Santopietro Denisa Voicu September 2008 Contents Introduction 2 The company and its activities 2 Industry & Competition 2 Recommendation 3 Accounting choices and Quality of Earnings 4 Ratios analysis 6 Liquidity: 6 Solvency: 7 Profitability: 8 Market: 8 Relevant Disclosures 9 Risks 9 Analysis of Apple Inc. corporate strategy 10 Introduction
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