A Strategic Analysis of Apple Corporation Timothy Pivovarnik Jeff Shaver Adam Siler Richard Sterling Dave Strubbe   EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 HISTORY OF APPLE 4 THE PC INDUSTRY 10 THE ONLINE MUSIC INDUSTRY 12 THE FUTURE OF APPLE 12 PERSONAL COMPUTERS A SHIFT IN STRATEGY 12 APPLE IN THE LIVING ROOM 14 STRATEGIC ALLIANCES AND ENTERTAINMENT 15 EXTERNAL ANALYSIS 17 TECHNOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT 17 Brand Awareness Style at a Premium 17 Interoperability 18 Technology
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AP 1.0 Introduction Apple started in April 1976 as a computer company by Steve Wozniak at 26 years old and Steve Jobs at 21. Then‚ McKenna had designed the Apple logo in 1977. After putting in much effort‚ the annual sales reached $1 million selling the first microcomputer to use color graphics. In September 1997‚ Apple’s board of directors named Jobs as a temporary chief executive officer. Because of Jobs’s restorative efforts‚ by the decade’s end‚ the title of "temporary" was dropped
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PEST ANALYSIS FOR APPLE INC The PEST analysis is the useful procedure to grasp market growth or decline. So it is a business dimension tools that helps to identify an organisations macro environment. The factors include in PEST analysis are Political factors‚ Economical factors‚ Social influence‚ Technological factors. An organisation cannot control the changes in those factors but any changes effect directly to an organisation. So the organisation should react quickly if any
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Analysis of Apple Inc. Name: Course: Institution: Date: Planning is the activity of preparing a scheme‚ program‚ or method that is worked out beforehand for the accomplishment of some set objectives. There are different types of planning which include strategic‚ tactical‚ operational and contingency planning. Apple Inc. is one of the most successful and recognizable companies in the world. It was founded by the renown and celebrated Steve Jobs. It is an American
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SWOT analysis of Apple This is an Apple Inc. SWOT analysis for 2013. For more information on how to do SWOT analysis please refer to our article. Company background Name Industries served Apple Inc. Computer hardware Computer software Consumer electronics Digital distribution Worldwide U.S. Tim Cook $ 156.508 billion (2012) $ 41.733 billion (2012) 72‚800 Samsung Electronics Co.‚ Ltd.‚ Amazon.com‚ Inc.‚ International Business Machines Corporation‚ Cisco Systems‚ Inc.‚ Google Inc.‚ Microsoft Corporation
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BRIEF GLANCE AT THE FY2005 RESULTS In the fiscal year that ended September 2005‚ Apple reported revenues of US$13‚931M‚ an increase of 68.3% over the preceding year. The Operating Income in FY2005 was US$1650M‚ an increase of 406.1% over the 2004 figure. Net Income also similarly increased by 383.7% in FY2005 to US$1335M. Additionally‚ Total Assets increased by 43.49% to US$11‚551M. Total Liabilities increased by 37.36% to US$4‚085M‚ but Total Debt remained at US$0. Shareholders benefited in
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III‚ Competitor analysis It can not be denied that laptop market is globally a crowded competition in which there are a number of giant technology companies in the world. Apple obviously has to consider their firm competitors. Thus‚ the next step of this research is competitor analysis‚ which will identify direct and indirect competitors for Apple’s Macbook. Moreover‚ this analysis will select two direct competitors‚ which are Dell and HP‚ to assess their strengths and weakness relative to the
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An Analysis Of Apple’s iPhone In Smartphone Industry The report studies the impact of smartphone innovations in the smartphone industry through economic theories. As Apple inc. is known for creating innovations; the factors that caused the shifts in the demand and supply of smartphones have enabled Apple inc. to dominate the largest market share. Moreover‚ with the advancements in iPhone products‚ the elasticity of iPhone demand impacts its complement and substitute goods as well. Apart from the
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Executive Summary History Ever since Apple Inc. was established‚ they never had a straight way to reach success‚ but today Apple. Inc is the one of the largest and most successful technological companies around the world. Their main key to success is that they have a good management team that is led by founder Mr. Steve Job. They have had some issues that may have had some bad influence to their recent success‚ such as gross margins that were not increasing despite falling component prices‚ but
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days seeking a company that would interest me. After researching‚ I have found a couple of companies that interest me‚ such as Apple Inc.‚ Samsung‚ Sony‚ and Cayuga Medical Center. As I researched more about the companies I have decided the company that interests me most is “Apple Inc.” Apple interests me for interning or working for because Apple promised‚ “A job at Apple is unlike any other you’ve had. You’ll be challenged. You’ll be inspired. And you’ll be proud. Because whatever your job is here
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