Company Overview 1976 - Apple was founded by college dropouts Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak 1980 - Apple went public 1985 - Jobs left after tumultuous struggles with then CEO Sculley‚ and founded NeXT 2000 - Jobs became the CEO 2001 - Introduced a digital music player‚ the iPod 2007 - Apple Computers Inc. became Apple Inc. ‚ unveiled the iPhone. Apple has 4 main divisions: Laptop and personal computer division
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The Nobel Prize Winners In Economic Sciences On October 14th The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2013 was awarded jointly to Eugene F. Fama‚ Robert J. Shiller and Lars Peter Hansen "for their empirical analysis of asset prices". The first one of them Eugene Fama is an American economist born in 1939 and working at the University of Chicago. He is the author of the theory that asset prices perfectly reflect all available information. Fama was mainly honored
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Application of Microeconomics concepts 1. Apple: ‘We can’t keep up with demand’ Global passion for Apple unabated as consumer demand outstrips supply across iPhone‚iPad and iMac ranges‚ Apple says. As Apple announced record profits‚ chief executive Tim Cook confirmed that even supplies of older‚ cheaper models of the iPhone were not enough to satisfy demand‚ and that sales of iMacs fell primarily because the company could not make the new design fast enough. He added that iPad Mini demand‚ too
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Background Apple Computer Inc. is an American multinational corporation focused on designing and manufacturing personal computers‚ closely related software products‚ and other consumer electronic products such as MP3 players. Since its foundation in 1976‚ Apple has been a pioneer in innovation with multiple ups and downs. In 1976‚ Apple introduced what was to become the first highly successful mass-produced personal computer. Traditionally‚ Apple has done extremely well at being the first
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Materialism over Motherhood The short story‚ “The Rocking - Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence elaborates on the important role that wealth plays not only in an individual’s lifestyle‚ but also their happiness. Paul‚ a young boy seeking the love of his materialistic minded mother feels a deep obligation to fulfill his mother’s happiness‚ a place where his father has failed. Through a Freudian approach‚ one is able to describe Paul’s actions of sexually desiring his mother and ultimately replacing the
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TECHNOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT – APPLE LOST PC MARKET BECAUSE OF IGNORING INDUSTRIAL CHANGES- The pc industry has evolved in the past decades. There are 3 phases. Before 1981- PROPRIETARY SYSTEMS. Every pc producer had to develop self-own hardware and software. It was proprietary. Most buyers were technical people. There were two main streams in the market: apple style machine and IBM style machine. During this period‚ apple was the leader. Its strong developing ability made it
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Negotiation Thesis: Analysis of Tech Battle: Apple vs. Google Table of Content 1. Apple vs. Google abstract 1.1 Conditions in the mobile industry 1.2 Apple’s industry statues and iOS strategy 1.3 Google’s industry statues and Android strategy 1.4 Apple vs. Google: Stakes and conflicts 2. The Negotiation 2.1 Steve Jobs’ personal interest 2.2 Apple vs. Google: Historical relationship between the parties 2.3 Apple’s first negotiation move 3. Negotiation
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Resources are the firm specific assets useful for creating a cost or differentiation advantage and that few competitors can acquire easily. The following are some examples of such resources.  Patents and trademarks There are a high number of apples own private patents and innovative designs that licences out to obtain extra profit/  Installed
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1.0 Introduction Apple is one of the companies that can attract people to join and do their best work by using the powerful management. Hence‚ this report is going to outline the management issue of Apple that related to the paradigm and analyze the impact of these management approaches on the development of Apple. In most case‚ Apple is using the scientific management approach in order to motivate staffs to do their best rather than just requesting them. Besides‚ some new management approaches
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References: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_is_communication_defined_by_different_scholars_and_communicators http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/working-at-apple-store-no-different-from-other-retail-stores-really/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Forstall http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc. http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/wwdc-2013/ http://www.apple.com/legal/sales-support/certification/docs/logo_guidelines
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