organizations‚ however the results were not always what they expected‚ and some organizations failed in performing the SWOT strategy‚ some companies also succeeded. The Apple Company is known as typical company which is successful in performing SWOT analysis. This essay will argue that it is a perfect strategy or not and how does it expressed in Apple Company. Technically‚ SWOT is created by 4 words: S‚ W‚ O‚ T‚ in which S represents for strengths‚ W stands for weaknesses‚ O is opportunities‚ and T represents
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Internal Factor Evaluation (IFE) Matrix for Apple Strengths | Weight | Rating | Wt.Score | 1. Customer loyalty combined with expanding closed system 2. As a leading innovator in mobile device technology 3. Strong financial performance 4. Powerful Brand reputation 5. Retail stores 6. Strong marketing and advertising teams | 0.120.100.090.110.090.10 | 443434 | 0.480.400.270.440.270.40 | Weakness | | | | 1. High Price 2. Incompatibility with different OS 3. Patent infringements
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Case study: Strategic planning at Apple Inc. Comparative Advantage Apple has gained a comparative advantage over its competitors by carefully picking their employees. According to researcher and author Alex Frankel Apple tends to only hire people whom are “passionate about what they were selling”‚ this often meant that they hired enthusiastic Apple product users. In addition‚ Apple’s employees are trained to follow a specific three-step sales process known as position‚ permission‚ and probe
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The Candle maker’s petition The candle maker’s petition is an interesting piece. This is a written letter to the French parliament in 1845. It is from a French businessman who is in the artificial light business (candles‚ oil lamps‚ etc.). The man says that if the French government is to keep French industry in France then French parliament must end all natural lighting. They propose this by saying and defending the fact that French government needs to block out the sun! The idea behind all this
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INTRODUCTION In 1976‚ Apple Computer‚ Inc. was established and was incorporated in 1977. Apple’s first product was the Apple I which began the personal computer revolution. In 2007‚ Apple Computer‚ Inc. changed their name to Apple‚ Inc. They made this change because they shifted their focus from only producing computers to producing other products for industries such as entertainment and mobile telecommunications. BCG MATRIX iPod iTunes iPod iTunes iPhone iPad iPhone
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corporation‚ Apple is a company that was founded on April 1st‚ 1976‚ and incorporated on January 3rd‚ 1977. It is ranked second in the’ top 100 Best Global Brands’‚ after the well-known and worldwide company Coca Cola. In this case‚ Apple indulges and takes in its biggest increase in brand value with an astonishing 129%. It is no surprise that Apple have been so successful due to the technology and innovative ideas of Steve Jobs. He has already set the idea towards consumers that the Apple Products
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Criticism of Apple Inc. Apple Inc. has received criticism for the use of sweatshop labor‚ environmental destruction‚ and unethical business practices. Additionally‚ it has been criticized for its litigious legal policy of suing before first gathering all the facts necessary to pursue a legitimate lawsuit. Accusations of anti-competitive behavior iPhone There has been criticism of the iPhone and the iPod being locked into iTunes and creating an iTunes Store monopoly for these devices
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company’s impact on global market share. Company Introduction The company Apple was founded by two college friends Steve Wozniak‚ who was genius in technical fields and Steve jobs whose vision was to bring easy use computer to market in 1976.The company headquarter is located in Cupertino California .The company has approximately 72‚800 full time employees according to the annual report September 29 2012. Apple company is one of the most innovative technology company since last three decades
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of $599 in the United States‚ the iPhone was one of the most anticipated electronic devices of the decade. Despite its high price‚ consumers across the country stood in long lines to buy the iPhone on the first day of sales. Just two months later‚ Apple discontinued the less-expensive $499 model and cut the price of the premium version from $599 to $399. Target Group A study conducted by Rubicon (2008) on iPhone users indicates that 50% of the surveyed users are age 30 or younger. Most of the
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Apple Inc. uses the Apple brand to compete across several highly competitive markets‚ including the personal computer industry with its Macintosh line of computers and related software‚ the consumer electronics industry with products such as the iPod‚ digital music distribution through its iTunes Music Store‚ the smart phone market with the Apple iPhone‚ and more recently magazine‚ book‚ games and applications publishing via the AppsStore for iPhone and the iPad tablet computing device. For marketers
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