industry and hence attracted extremely intelligent‚ creative and ambitious college graduates since its start up days. Bill gates knack of recognizing genius in others set a precedent. Prime example is Steve Ballmer who helped Microsoft sustain leadership in competitive market. Bill Gates and Steve have deliberately fashioned an organization that prizes smart people. The intense interview process on thought process‚ problem solving skills and work habits ensured great match to Microsoft
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Monica Free Case Study Background Apple’s history begins in 1976 when Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple Computer. The Apple II was released in April 1978 which sparked a computer revolution. Apple launched its IPO in 1980. Apple was the leader in computers and computer programing until IBM entered the PC market in 1981. Within 4 years‚ Apple’s net income fell 62% pushing the company into a crisis. Steve Jobs was replaced by John Sculley in 1985 who helped push the Mac into new
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If you could choose any three people who have ever lived to join you for dinner‚ whom would you invite and why? Three people that I would love to invite for dinner are Mahatma Gandhi- better known as Father of the Nation (India)‚ Steve Jobs – founder of Apple Inc and Amitabh Bachhan – a leading actor in the Indian film industry. Mahatma Gandhi‚ a lawyer by profession‚ used his simple philosophy and strong foresight to bring down the 300+ years of British rule‚ paving the way for India’s independence
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public traded company founded in 1976 by two college dropouts‚ Steve Jobs‚ and Steve Wozniak. They both started building computers out of a car garage and today Apple Inc. has come a long way since then‚ today Apple is a pioneer in the computer industry. In 1985‚ Steve Jobs resigned due to inability to respond to internal factors that would have affected his decisions (Pollack‚ 1985). After twelve years of been absent from Apple Inc.‚ Steve Jobs returned and revolutionized the company responding to
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concerns about future potential investment. Succession (CI#4): Apple is clearly one of the handful of companies where the fortunes are seen to be intricately tied to the person in charge. The star quality and the visionary talents associated with Steve Jobs are certainly contributed to the success of the company. So the news of Jobs ’ cancer surgery might lead to a succession problem and compromise the company ’s future. I. CURRENT SITUATION A.CURRENT PERFORMANCE Apple achieved a solid performance
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1. Passion is essential for success. “I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. If you haven’t found it yet‚ keep looking.” – Steve Jobs What was driving Steve Jobs? An intense passion for his work. Not a passion for money. Not a passion for success. But a passion for what he did every single day. The dictionary defines passion as “a powerful emotion and boundless enthusiasm.” Let’s face it‚ work takes energy. But when your
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2012; the company had 72‚800 permanent full-time employees and 3‚300 temporary full-time employees worldwide. Its worldwide annual revenue in 2012 totaled $156 billion. [ (Fisher‚ 2008) ] Apple has always projected a human touch from the charisma of Steve Jobs to the notion that its products are sold for a love of technology. Brands are more important than products. Products have limited life cycles‚ but brands‚ if managed well last forever. Most branding agencies bring their own brand development
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ple was founded on April 1‚ 1976 by Steve Jobs‚ Steve Wozniak‚ and Ronald Wayne[10] (and later incorporated January 3‚ 1977[3] without Wayne‚ who sold his share of the company back to Jobs and Wozniak) to sell the Apple I personal computer kit. They were hand-built by Steve Wozniak[11][12] in the living room of Jobs’ parents’ home‚ and the Apple I was first shown to the public at the Homebrew Computer Club.[13] Eventually 200 computers were built. The Apple I was sold as a motherboard (with CPU‚
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established in April 1‚ 1976 by founders Steve Wozniak and the late Steve Jobs with the release of one computer. The company then became incorporated on January 3‚ 1977 in Cupertino‚ California. During the early years of the company Apple was known as the manufacture of personal computer lines‚ Power Mac‚ Apple I and Apple II‚ and the Macintosh. A brief departure of the founders the company sales become dismal during the 1990s. After an acquisition Founder Steve Jobs became Apple’s CEO bringing with
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term. Amelio (‘96-’97) decided to go back to premium price differentiation strategy and invited Steve Jobs to take over as CEO in 1997. Steve jobs restructured company around the original strategy of Apple and turn that into a competitive advantage. Apple’s competitive advantages are its control of software and hardware‚ marketing‚ digital asset management‚ retail strategy‚ product differentiation and Steve Jobs’s strategical decisions. Decisions such as switching to Intel processor resulted not only
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