1976–80: Founding and incorporation The Apple I‚ Apple’s first product‚ was sold as an assembled circuit board and lacked basic features such as a keyboard‚ monitor‚ and case. The owner of this unit added a keyboard and a wooden case. Apple was established on April 1‚ 1976‚ by Steve Jobs‚ Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne[1] to sell the Apple I personal computer kit‚ a computer single handedly designed by Wozniak. The kits were hand-built by Wozniak[24][25] and first shown to the public
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Introduction In a competitive market‚ a business’s main purpose is to create value for customers‚ because it is basically the consumer who essentially determines what a business is‚ even the future success of a business (Karl‚ 2009). For service marketing‚ which is the form of marketing focuses on processes deeds and performances‚ service quality is only way for customers to evaluate their experiences (Susamoo‚ 2012). Hence‚ the service quality is one of the most important factors that any service
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The following is a highlighted summary of the book‚ Competing for the Future‚ published by Harvard Business School Publishing. The statements below are key points of the book as determined by James Altfeld and have been made available at no charge to the user. Competing for the Future By Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad Look around your company. Look at the high profile initiatives that have been launched recently. Look at the issues that are preoccupying senior management. Look at the criteria
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MetLife‚ Inc. is a leading global provider of insurance‚ annuities and employee benefit programs‚ serving 90 million customers in over 60 countries. MetLife‚ Inc is the organization that I want to work for. For 140 years‚ MetLife has been insuring the lives of the people who depend on us. Their success is based on their long history of social responsibility‚ strong leadership‚ sound investments‚ and innovative products and services. MetLife announces that insurance is not merely a business proposition
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company competitive advantage by creating value and delivering it to the customers. Google Inc. (Google) is global technology company focused on improving the ways people connect with information. The company generates revenue primarily by delivering online advertising. As stated in the case‚ Google Inc.’s mission was to “organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.” Google Inc.’s core competencies are what makes Google very user friendly to customers and successful
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Size-Up Narnia Inc is in the manufacturing industry‚ and is competing against three companies‚ that are newly releasing the same unique products as Narnia’s. Narnia originally competed through their new innovative products‚ but will be forced to compete through low cost when the other companies release their products. The organization needs to take control and allocate their costs appropriately in order to be able to price their products lower‚ to where the new companies have said to be pricing
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Assignment #1: Company Background 1. FIRM NAME: Apple Inc. 2. HEADQUARTER LOCATION: 1 Infinite Loop CUPERTINO‚ CA 95014 United States Phone: +1-408-996-1010 Fax: +1-408-996-0275 Website: http://www.apple.com KEY EXECUTIVES Name | Since | Current Position | Arthur Levinson | 2011 | Independent Chairman of the Board | Timothy Cook | 2011 | Chief Executive Officer‚ Director | Peter Oppenheimer | 2012 | Chief Financial Officer‚ Principal Financial Officer‚ Senior Vice
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Introduction SecureNet INC‚ a software enterprise that focuses on the e-commerce security‚ is trying to raise a first round of funding in October 2000. The company has been unsuccessful in attracting funding from venture capitalists‚ and raised a small round seeds from local investors in Virginia. In the following two month‚ SecureNet financed a $250‚000 bridge loan from an Angel investor called Trio LLC. Trio has proposed to offer a $ 1.4 million a Series A funding of convertible preferred stock
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CHEMALITE‚ INC. | Financial Report | Period of January‚ 2003 1 to June 30‚ 2003 | Financial report of Chemalite‚ Inc. for six months period ended June 30‚ 2003 is to include cash transaction‚ income statement and balance sheet. This report will also to include comment on Chemalite‚ Inc’s actual loss for the period. | In early 2003‚ Chemalite‚ Inc. was established by Bennett Alexander to market his invention‚ Chemalite‚. During the first six months‚ Chemalite‚ Inc. was preparing for initial
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The Future of Pakistan Sunday Magazine Feature By Malik Siraj Akbar Published: January 15‚ 2012 Share this article Print this page Email DESIGN: EMA ANIS Dr Stephen P Cohen‚ a Senior Fellow at the Washington DC-based think tank the Brookings Institution‚ is considered as the ‘dean of the Pakistan experts’. He is known as one of the world’s most trusted authorities on the Pakistani military and its relationship with the civilian governments. Author of Pakistan Army and the Idea of Pakistan
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