TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 Apple – An Introduction 3 Macroeconomic Trends 4 Technical Analysis 5 Fundamental Analysis 8 Analysis of Financing Activities 8 Investments and Capital Budgeting Decisions 10 Industry Analysis 11 Performance Analysis APPLE INTRODUCTION Established in 1976‚ Apple ignited the personal computer revolution with the Apple II and the Macintosh. Today‚ Apple designs‚ manufactures and markets personal computers‚ portable digital music players and mobile communication devices
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Presented opportunities and globalization in other countries allows Apple to recognize a need to become more main-stream in other geographical areas. Apple will have to use two strategies‚ one for the domestic market‚ the United States‚ and one for the international markets France and Australia. The appropriate channel strategies Apple should use for the domestic market and international markets is the multi-channel strategy and the pull strategy. The multi-channel strategy defined as “offering
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Apple strategija Kiekviena kompanija‚ norėdama įsitvirtinti rinkoje turi turėti strategiją‚ kaip tai padaryti‚ ir ne vien vienos strategijos jai užtenka‚ būti lyderiaujančia tarp konkurentų‚ ar kaip patenkinti vartotojų poreikius. Specializuota veiklos strategija Tai tokia strategija‚ kuri leidžia suformuoti sugebėjimus‚ koncentruojant visus organizacijos resursus ir pajėgas bei vadybinę kompetenciją siekiant tapti firma ‚ vienoje veikloje pasiekiančia tobulumo. Apple kompanijos pagrindiniai
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Apple Inc. is a multinational corporation that specializes in the production of consumer and business computers‚ electronics‚ and software. The company was established on April 1‚ 1976 by three individuals named Steve Jobs‚ Steve Wozniak‚ and Ronald Wayne. It was then incorporated on January 3‚ 1977 and was initially known as Apple Computer‚ Inc. for 30 years thereafter‚ until it was changed to Apple Inc. on January 9‚ 2007‚ so as to include a more diverse line of products to the market than just
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Apple Michael Rauchut BUS400 – Prof. J Santanella M 8-10:40 Date: 9/24/2012 Assuming that the development of Microsoft’s Window XP operating system is an accurate example for most of their new operating systems‚ Microsoft’s break even analysis is as followed. On page 46‚ it is said that Microsoft sold 17 million units of the Windows XP in the first 8 weeks and incurred for developing at $1 billion. Revenue for the XP was between $45 and $60‚ which makes the median at $52.50. Assuming the
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1. Lack of stakeholder engagement strategy – Apple simply doesn’t believe it needs to engage stakeholders‚ not to mention having an engagement strategy. We can see it every time‚ from not sharing information with Greenpeace about why Greenpeace got it wrong about the power consumption of Apple’s North Carolina data center to not responding at first to Chinese environmental groups investigating pollution issues in Apple’s supply chain in China. Another example is Apple’s tendency to reply to questions
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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. Steve Jobs began working on the Apple Lisa in 1978 LISA became the first personal computer sold to the public with a GUI‚ In 1984‚ Apple next launched the Macintosh. The Macintosh Portable was Apple’s first "portable" Macintosh computer‚ released in 1989. Apple introduced the PowerBook in 1991. The Macintosh
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company Apple incorporation share price passed Exxon as the largest company in the world with market capitalization of more than $540 billion with share price of $702.10 just behind Google and before General Motors. The question is why “He” is being worshipped as the 21st century innovator? He did not invent the personal computers nor did he invent clever user friendly software’s‚ the mouse‚ window type interfaces nor all the paraphernalia of the modern IT world. But what he did
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Savov Date: 10/7/2014 Business English 312 Value Creation: The Six DCF Pointers When trying to decide the value of a particular company‚ let’s say Apple for example‚ it is crucial to understand what determines its investing value. Valuing a huge corporation is not simply taking a look at the balance sheet and income statement and figuring out what’s total assets and total liabilities. A discounted cash flow analysis is one of the main ways investors can value a company. The idea of the actual valuation
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Product For years‚ Apple was considered as a computer manufacturer that creates products aimed at individuals who are “different‚ hip and imaginative. Both Apple’s computers and the brand name itself are successfully marketed all around the world. In recent years‚ Apple diversified it product mix by introducing new line of products to keep up with the competitive consumer electronics market. The iPod‚ a portable music player was the first product range that was launched to compete in the portable
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