SWOT analysis of Apple This is an Apple Inc. SWOT analysis for 2013. For more information on how to do SWOT analysis please refer to our article. Company background Name Industries served Apple Inc. Computer hardware Computer software Consumer electronics Digital distribution Worldwide U.S. Tim Cook $ 156.508 billion (2012) $ 41.733 billion (2012) 72‚800 Samsung Electronics Co.‚ Ltd.‚ Amazon.com‚ Inc.‚ International Business Machines Corporation‚ Cisco Systems‚ Inc.‚ Google Inc.‚ Microsoft Corporation
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History Apple computer was founded on April 1st‚ 1976 by Steven Jobs‚ Steven Wozniak‚ and Ronald Wayne. Prior to the Apple’s beginnings‚Jobs had worked at Hewlett-Packard and the video game company Atari Inc. Wozniak also worked at HP where the two first met in 1972. It was Jobs who told his future partner about his idea of personal computers. The two began their journey in 1975 while working on the Apple I in Job’s bedroom. Wozniak later admitted that the project was more of a hobby than a business
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McCraven Public Speaking 9:00am Professor Dr. Dupree Above other companies why do people chose apple products? Topic: Steve Jobs and Apple General Purpose: Explain the distinction of Apple products. Specific Purpose: To inform the general public of the reasons why consumers predominantly prefer to use Apple products rather than competing corporations’ products. Thesis Statement: The Apple Corporation exceeds competing companies in product sales because of the company’s high recognition
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Technological research and innovation is advancing our society at an incredibly rapid pace. However‚ while it holds many benefits‚ it also raises social and ethical questions the more our society depends on it. Ray Kurzwell (2005) focuses on the idea of the Singularity. The Singularity is the idea that technology will continue expanding to the point where human life will be completely transformed. This leads to the question‚ should there be limits on technological advancements? Although issues could
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about who is better: Apple or Samsung. They are both great brands‚ but I can say that many more people would rather have an Apple device over a Samsung especially when it comes to the phone they have. Now‚ I know some people would completely disagree with the points that I have‚ but this is what other people are saying and I would have to agree with a few of them because personally I prefer Apple over Samsung. I do know that there are those who would have Samsung over Apple or vice versa‚ but when
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PART 1 | BACKGROUND OR SUMMARY OF THE ARTICLE Title of Article: FINDING PAPA – AT LAST! Name of Magazine: KERYGMA Issue: September 2010 Volume: 20 The magazine article is focused on Karen Estrella’s search for her biological father and finally meeting him through Facebook. Karen‚ now 29‚ grew up with her grandparents at a very infantile age. Being the innocent child she was way back‚ she thought that her grandparents were her biological parents that’s why she used to call them Nanay and
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Strategic Management of Technological Innovation by Rodger Hughes Overview This is a short summary of Strategic Management of Technological Innovation (Schilling‚ 2009)‚ Describing Schilling’s view on the importance of technological innovation. Chapter 1 Summary Globalization has been instrumental in technological innovation processes. As companies and firms become more competitive in the world market‚ they need to harness creativity and channel it to remain competitive. While some
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company’s impact on global market share. Company Introduction The company Apple was founded by two college friends Steve Wozniak‚ who was genius in technical fields and Steve jobs whose vision was to bring easy use computer to market in 1976.The company headquarter is located in Cupertino California .The company has approximately 72‚800 full time employees according to the annual report September 29 2012. Apple company is one of the most innovative technology company since last three decades
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counter threats. Forces Apple has an excellent reputation as one of the best technology companies worldwide‚ remained loyal to its customers in designing their products. Apple’s power means not only attract new customers but also retain existing ones with new products and services‚ which offers the company the opportunity to extend their products. Currently‚ Apple is the only company licensed to manufacture the computers running the Mac operating system Apple systems continue to be a force
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determination of the potential for the creation of competitive advantage (Grant 2007). In terms of financial resources‚ the case quotes Apple’s market capitalisation is approximately US $550 billion‚ with sales annually over $100 billion. This makes Apple the most valuable publicly traded company in the world. The share price currently stands at around $600‚ merely 12 years after Steve Jobs’ return to the company‚ where the share price was $5. Apple’s physical resources include 362 retail stores world
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