Apple Inc. (Apple) has managed to create substantial value in the highly competitive personal computer industry‚ by innovating and forging a path considerably different from those of the largest competitors in the industry‚ successfully differentiating its products from those of the competition by choosing to focus on quality‚ design elegance‚ and superior customer service‚ while outsourcing actual manufacturing to trusted original equipment manufacturers. Yet‚ despite the advantages Apple has created
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Report about Apple Company Apple Computers Inc. was cofounded by Steven Wozniak and marketed by Steven Jobs. It was later renamed to Apple Inc. Apple Inc. is involved in the manufacture‚ marketing and design of PCs and related software‚ network solutions‚ services and peripherals. The company is also involved in developing and designing of portable digital music players with related services and accessories. This includes online distribution of audio books and third party music‚ videos and films
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Q4. Is Apple’s strategy in its computer business strong enough to compete successfully against Dell and HP? From Exhibit 3 we can see that in 2008 Apple upholds 8.5 % of the U.S. PC Market. Today’s generation are now more techno aware and therefore their expectations are higher than what they used to be. Apples rivals such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard possess a large size of the market at 31.9% and 25.3% respectively. From analysing the case study it is evident that a vast majority of consumers
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Case # 10 Prepared by : Hala Al-Ghawi & Noor Al-Saleh Company’s Mission Statement: Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. “Think Differently” is a concept Apple executes with perfection‚ Innovation being the core competency of the company. The company is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students‚ educators‚ creative professionals and
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Competitive Strategy: Apple’s competitive strategy is differentiation across the industry. Apple prides itself on innovation more than any other company‚ and is known for their unique top of the line products. Using differentiation as their main source of competitive advantage‚ they have succeeded to the top of their industry‚ while retaining higher than industry average profit margins. This innovative attitude is the source of long-term success throughout the history of Apple. For example
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in the past. What is/was their strategy? Is/Was it a sound strategy? Do/Did they have a competitive advantage? Do/Did they have a sustainable competitive advantage? Is/Was the organization adhering to their strategy or deviating from it? Where are/were they strong? Where are/were they weak? If you were President of the organization‚ what recommendations would you make to ensure success with this strategy? NOTE: I have often heard people say‚ we need a new strategy. It is IMPERATIVE to understand
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TYPES OF COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES Apple Inc. Cost Leadership Strategy Cost leadership strategy has been highly adopted by Apple Inc in its endeavors of ensuring competitiveness and success in the technology industry. The company’s management has been able to draw policies and strategies that are aimed at ensuring that the company is the lowest cost producer and distributor. • By lowering the cost of production and management‚ Apple Inc has been given golden opportunities on determining prices
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Steve Jobs recently described apple as a mobile device company. Apple once considered a desktop computer company is slowly moving towards mobile devices. This statement shows how apple’s strategy has changed significantly in past few years. Challenges faced in the past – The major challenge Apple faced in the past was the isolation it has created from other products and companies in the market. Apple users had very limited options. The other challenge faced by the Apple was the compatibility of its
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CORPORATE LEVEL STRATEGY OF APPLE COMPUTER INC. Low level of diversification (1976-1996) To examine what strategies have been used by Apple‚ we divided the period into two ages. The first age is in between 1976 until 1996 were we can observe that all the products sold by Apple were computer related. They started with Apple 1 and continuously developed their products up until the evolutionary of Macintosh. However‚ their development restrained only to computers‚ chips and software which indicates
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Introduction Innovation is about partnerships. It involves advancing new and improved ideas and is relevant to all communities. Partnerships create and promote entrepreneurship‚ the development of technology and its commercialization. Taken together‚ they are critical to enhancing many organizations and America’s global competitiveness. Workforce development and education support innovation and entrepreneurship‚ and linking these activities are important in developing a competitive innovation and an entrepreneurial
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