INTRODUCTION Apple Inc.‚ formerly Apple Computer‚ Inc.‚ is a multinational corporation that creates consumer electronics‚ personal computers‚ computer software‚ and commercial servers‚ and is a digital distributor of media content. Apple’s core product lines are the iPhone smart phone‚ iPad tablet computer‚ iPod portable media players‚ and Macintosh computer line. Founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak effectively created Apple Computer on April 1‚ 1976‚ with the release of the Apple I‚ and incorporated
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1. Introduction Apple Inc.‚ is known to be one of the world’s most valuable companies. It is a multi-national company with a worldwide presence; approximately 72‚800 employees and total net sales of $156 billion in the year 2012 (Apple annual report‚ 2012). Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak‚ both college dropouts‚ founded this corporation in 1976 - “Steve Jobs‚ helped to transform the way in which the computer is used today through his creation of the first computer processing unit and his creative
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2.103 MARKETING PRINCIPLES ANALYSE ON MARKETING MIX‚ MARKET SEGEMENTAION AND TARGET MARKETING PRODUCT: APPLE WORD COUNT: 2250 TABLE OF CONTENT Introduction ---------------------------------------------------------
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Can Apple still lead the market without Steve Jobs? Steve Jobs (1955-2011)‚ one of the most influential geniuses on the globe‚ has profoundly changed the modern world. The majority of people on the street have nothing to do but play with their iSeries Apple products. This proves that Jobs’ strong leadership and innovation chiefly contributes to the success of Apple Inc. However‚ Apple is now facing difficulties and threats owing to the keen competition against other brands. This situation worsens
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Introduction This assignment seeks to take an in depth look at the company known as “Apple” the leading manufacturer of products such as the “iPhone”‚ the “iPad” and the Macbook Pro. The name “Apple” was given to the company by co-founder Steve Jobs after he had spent some time at a local apple orchid‚ and decided the name would be perfect for the company as he felt that the word “Apple” was not one that caused customers to be frightened‚ threatened or alarmed and it did not make the company
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Fire: Amazon’s Heated Battle for Tablet Market Executive Summary Amazon has created a value product that resolves around services over the device itself‚ known as the Kindle Fire. With the emergence of e- readers‚ various competitors immediately offered iterations of the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet. The CEO of Amazon‚ Jeff Bezos‚ must decide and define its most promising target segments and positioning of the Kindle Fire against competing products in the market. Based on the initial sales of the
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M.P. Recuenco J. Dillandro ESL 100 February 21‚ 2012 Adapting to a New Environment Human beings are very adaptable. We can live in most climates of the world. In the past‚ people tended to stay in the place they were born‚ but now we move easily from countryside to city‚ from one part of a country to another‚ and even from country to country. Each place has its own customs and ways of life‚ and countries also have different languages. When I moved from Peru to United States‚ I had to make
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external analysis of Apple Corporation uses an amalgam of Porter’s Five Forces‚ complementors‚ and elements of a PEST analysis to examine the threat levels in Apple’s market environment. Even though the analytical scheme is an amalgam of the various models‚ certain items are broken out for special attention below. First‚ in order to obtain an appreciation of that macroenvironment‚ an overview of Apple is offered. Apple is really involved in two businesses: the computer market and the entertainment
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Apple History Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple on April 1‚ 1976 in Santa Clara Valley‚ California. The two built the Apple I out of a garage and sold it. The first Apple I computer did not include a monitor‚ keyboard‚ or casing. Due to the high demand for the Apple I‚ Jobs realized that there was a market for small computers. He also realized that he could market the company’s name and the computer’s user-friendly look. In 1977 Wozniak added a keyboard‚ color monitor‚ and eight peripheral
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Apple Case 1. What were Apple’s competitive advantages? Apple was a hip alternative to other computer brands. It supported a plug-and-play peripheral‚ offered a cutting-edge‚ tightly integrated user experience. The Apple Mac Pro had a sleek metal case and featured high-end graphics capability. Apple had attractive design factors‚ enabled ease of use‚ had high security and was high-quality bundled software. 2. Analyze the dynamics of the PC industry. Are these dynamics favorable or problematic
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