2010 Ninth International Conference on Mobile Business / 2010 Ninth Global Mobility Roundtable What factors contributed to the success of Apple’s iPhone? John Laugesen Yufei Yuan McMaster University‚ DeGroote School of Business Hamilton‚ Ontario CANADA laugesjd@mcmaster.ca McMaster University‚ DeGroote School of Business Hamilton‚ Ontario CANADA yuanyuf@mcmaster.ca Abstract — Unknown to most North American consumers‚ a mobile data and Internet service in Japan called i-mode has been highly successful
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3M INTRODUCTION: 3M is a 109-year-old company is a $21-billion technology giant with major brands like Post-It Notes and Scotch Tape on its roster as well as innovative products like multi-layer optical films that go into LCDs. There are 6 major business units with 40 independent divisions in the company‚ operating with hundreds of offices‚ plants and suppliers around the world. 3M also has a number of core technologies feeding into its different markets and crossing over business lines. It was
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More so‚ the organization employs strategies such as celebrity marketing and charities as a way of improving their brand reputation and promoting their growth. Celebrity endorsement is critical to their marketing strategy as it helps to influence and attract people to the organization. Celebrities such as Tom Cruise have an appeal that people would want to be associated with. Brand equity is raised with the chosen celebrities as they have good reputation increasing the company’s value and status. Their
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Equity Equity means social justice or fairness; it is an ethical concept‚ grounded in principles of distributive justice.39–[->0]42[->1] Equity in health can be—and has widely been—defined as the absence of socially unjust or unfair health disparities.1‚[->2]6[->3] However‚ because social justice and fairness can be interpreted differently by different people in different settings‚ a definition is needed that can be operationalised based on measurable criteria. For the purposes of operationalisation
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Assignment Question Case Study: Kulula.com: now anyone can fly in South Africa. Conduct a strategic planning analysis of Kulula.com by critically evaluating the following strategic concerns: What are the importance attributes and the positions of the airlines within the South African domestic and international passenger airline industry? What are the Key success factors in the low-cost airline industries? (40 marks) Would the marketing strategy still be appropriate
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Case study on the Success and Decline of Starbucks in the last 10 years QUALITATIVE ASSIGNMENT Case study on the Success and Decline of Starbucks in the last 10 years 1st October 2011
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meaning of Key Success Factors as well as the main objective of the Research Paper. Relation to Previous Research – By analyzing different researches‚ we can have a whole picture of Apple’s success and see whether there have any managerial implication. Proposed Methods and Reflections – By using a questionnaire with different questions to respondents via Internet‚ we can analyze the data to reflect Apple’s recent key success factors. Conclusion – Brief summary of the key success factors of Apple Inc
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decision-making and lastly there are those with a military view of strategy‚ who consider it a manoeuvre to beat and outsmart the competition (Parthasarthy‚ 2006). By drawing from each of the definitions‚ one could say that strategy and by extension‚ strategic management‚ is constituted of short-term strategies involving managing and planning for the present and long-term decisions and actions‚ made‚ taken and implemented by managers to achieve superior competitive advantage‚ compared to their competitors
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small coffee house name Starbucks grew from the ideas of a man named Howard Shultz. Howard bought into the company in the early 80’s after taking a trip to Italy and being inspired by their culture. His inspiration and ideas proved to be right‚ Seattle soon became crazy about about coffee and before you know it their was lattes and mochas in everyones hands. With the great demand and success in Washington Starbucks decides expand in North America. Immediately after that Starbucks decided to expand globally
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Case 2-1 Starbucks keep it brewing in Asia Discussion Questions: 1- Starbucks is an American company who try to expend its business to other country around the world. However‚ each country owned and has an identity‚ a history‚ and culture. This requires to Starbucks to analyze the current market and adapt his offers according to the needs and mores (usages). There are several barriers facing Starbucks to the “teaching” people to change their consumption habits from tea and instant coffee. First
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