Business Analysis of Apple Incorporated Sarah Norton MGT/521 May 16‚ 2011 Jerry Davis Business Analysis of Apple Incorporated Apple Incorporated is a company that has made their mark in designing and marketing electronics‚ computer software‚ and personal computers. Some of Apple Incorporated’s most notable products include the Macintosh computer‚ the iSeries; iPod‚ iPhone‚ and iPad. Along with these computer applications Apple Incorporated
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Group Assignment 1 Apple Inc. We chose to research Apple Incorporated‚ one of the most innovative companies of our generation. It is safe to say that nearly every one in the US and many foreign countries have used or at least heard of Apple products. We will be looking at the macroeconomic variables that impact Apple’s business as well as how the current developments in the industry have impacted Apple’s financials and we will also look at how Apple competes with other firms in the same industry
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Strength Strength of the brand‚ market share and strong financial performance Apple Inc. has a reputation for being a highly-innovative‚ well-functioning and well-designed product with a track record of sound business performance. It is estimated that Apple’s brand is valued at $ 76.5 billion and in 2012; the brand was voted the second most valuable brand in the world (Jurevicius‚ 2013). The brand reputation has one of the best strong financial performance among many companies (Jurevicius‚ 2013)
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PEST Analysis of Philips company All business entities are under the pressure of different factors inside and outside the organization. In order to survive in the global environment‚ companies in building their strategies have to aware of the outside forces such as political and economic situation inside the country and in the global community‚ new technologies in the market‚ socio and cultural influences. POLITICAL FACTORS Political factors that affect the activity of an organization are: tax
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society along with the environment (Clarke 2004). Apple Inc. is ranked 1st as the 2016 world’s most valuable brands (Forbes 2016). The corporation was established in 1976 by Stephen Wozniak‚ Ronald Wayne and Steve Jobs (Forbes 2016). It produces and markets digital devices‚ professional applications and software (Forbes 2016). In 2016‚ the company has more than half a million workers around the world (Apple 2016a). As a world leading corporation‚ Apple bears a great responsibility to be able to perform
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External Factor Analysis for Apple Inc Apple is an American organization that specializes in the conception and manufacturing of consumer electronics as well as connected software products (Breillatt 45). It operates over 300 stores in the world. The company has an employee base of about 50‚ 000.In order to understand and analyze the external environment and to know the current state of affairs and what the future holds‚ the PEST analysis method is used in this paper. Societal Environment Political
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group chose Apple as our product because it is one of the most well-known companies in the world. Apple is considered the top-selling brand of electronic gadgets and is well-known for their excellent customer service. Apple makes use of different types of marketing strategies‚ such as television commercials‚ newspaper‚ magazines and official online website to promote their products. Apple is a multinational corporation that designs and sells electronic gadgets and software. Apple electronic gadgets
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Section 1 PEST Analysis Section 1.1 Social Environment Things outside and around business are business environment‚ and social environment is “the aggregate of social and cultural institutions‚ forms‚ patterns‚ and processes that influence the life of an individual or community. (Pathak‚ 2014)” To put it in other words‚ social environment is related to people‚ and it includes demographic and cultural. Social environment has large influence on business‚ and the details are as follow. Firstly‚ using
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individual stock price change‚ Apple (identified as AAPL in the stock exchange market); by studying the statistics generated by market activity (prices) of the stock along with the price changes in Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and the Dow Jones U.S. Technology Index (DJUSTC). Assuming that the changes in DJIA and DJUSTC could be estimated by market moving economic indicators (e.g. updates of GDP‚ Jobless claims‚ Consumer confidence index‚ etc.)‚ this analysis will help an individual investor
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Apple Inc is an American multinational organization founded by Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs‚ an American entrepreneur‚ marketer‚ and inventor‚ who was the co-founder‚ chairman‚ and CEO of Apple Inc and Stephen Gary "Steve" Wozniak who is an American inventor‚ computer engineer and Programmer who co-founded Apple Computer with Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne. Apple Inc is Located in‚ Cupertino‚ California in the middle of the Silicon Valley. It is focused on designing and developing the personal computers
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