STRATEGIC AUDIT WORKSHEET FOR APPLE INC. Prepared by: MGMT 4480 FALL 2009 I. CURRENT SITUATION A. Current Performance: Apple announced financial results for its fiscal 2009 fourth quarter ended September 26‚ 2009. The Company posted revenue of $9.87 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.67 billion. These results compare to revenue of $7.9 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.14 billion‚ in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 36.6 percent‚ up from 34.7 percent in the year-ago
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ITIS 5401-B Term Project Report “Leadership‚ Change and Growth: CIO as a driver of business at IBM” Dr Shaobo Ji Sohaib Amjad Sn#100616776 Abstract: The case study analyses the evolving role of CIO at IBM as a driver of growth and change within the organization. It makes an attempt to first describe 2 key challenges facing a CIO working for a “smart” and integrated enterprise and ends by making recommendations which can serve as a blue print not only for IBM but for any organization looking
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Student name: Course title: Business culture and strategy SCN: Outcome No.1-5 Group: Access name： Report for Business Cultural & Strategy of J D Wetherspoon company Date: Content I. Introduction 2 II. Discussion 2 Section 1 External Environment 2 SPELT analysis 2 SWOT analysis 4 The management use on how to conduct a SWOT analysis 5 Section 2 Organization culture 6 Business culture: shared values & taken for granted assumption 6 Four types for
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analysis to Mulberry: 11 Task 3 13 3.1 Analyse Possible Alternative Strategies Relating to Substantive Growth‚ Limited. Growth or Retrenchment for Mulberry: 13 3.2 Select an appropriate future strategy for Mulberry Company: 15 Task 4 17 4.1 Compare the roles and responsibilities for strategy implementation in Mulberry: 17 4.2 Evaluating resource requirements to implement a new strategy in Mulberry Company: 18 Introduction: Business (or Strategic) administration is the symbolization‚ science‚ and specialty
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samsung b Business Management Quality Innovation with Market-Based Global SCM System Implementation Samsung Electronics‚ a leading Korean company as well as a symbol of the IT industry‚ carried out an innovative project to strengthen its global Supply Chain Management (SCM) execution ability‚ gaining the industry’s interest. Samsung Electronics placed its emphasis on the business management scenario of predicting and preparing for future environmental changes and competitiveness‚ which is one of
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International Business‚ 14e (Daniels et al.) Chapter 11 The Strategy of International Business 1) Which of the following statements about Zara is most likely FALSE? A) Zara puts fewer products on clearance racks than most of its competitors in the industry. B) Zara’s large advertising budget generates word-of-mouth and attracts new buyers. C) New products and designs are delivered to Zara stores every three to four weeks. D) Most of Zara’s products move through the firm’s distribution center
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Corporate Strategy for Diversified Firm: (1) selection of industries to compete in (2) how the strategies of the business unit should be coordinated HORIZONTAL STRATEGY – coordinates the goals and strategies of related business units; should exist in the group‚ sector and corporate level; bottom-up H strategy rarely happens (the B unit managers have the resources and influence interrelationships) Emerging new pattern of competition – among clusters of related B units Why H strategy? – Horizontal
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enterprises and multinational companies. However‚ the total milk’s product in domestic market rates approximately from 20% to 25% of the demand‚ the rest must be imported from abroad. TH True Milk was established on February‚ 24th‚ 2009 with the capital was 350 million USD from Joint Stock Commercial Banks of North Asia to build the milk processing technology‚ modern furniture and the distribution technology . It cannot be denied that TH True Milk Food Joint Stock Company has significant invested in
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BMW Overview This paper explores the strategies and environmental influences (both Internal and External) of a German car giant BMW‚ Bayerische Motoren Werke‚ which has established itself in the niche luxury car market. It has Headquarter in Munich‚ Germany‚ with presence all over the world. The luxury car includes both traditional luxury cars and functional luxury cars. BMW is one of the most successful car companies in Europe and worldwide. Despite experiencing the overall sales slump particularly
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Table of Contents 4. Introduction 5. Strategic analysis 6. Strategic directions 7. Key strategies 8. Strategic implementation 9. Key strategic implementation issues 10. Evaluation of strategy 11. Conclusion 12. References 13. Appendix 1. Introduction The automotive industry is one of the most competitive industries in the market. Companies that get into the automotive industry are faced with high cost prices in production and highly
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