A. Company Analysis Company Information (source Apple’s latest annual report on their web site) Apple Computer‚ Inc. was incorporated in 1977. Products include personal computers and related software‚ services‚ peripherals‚ and networking solutions; line of portable digital music players along with related accessories and services; personal communication devices; online sale of third-party audio and video products. Products sold worldwide through online stores‚ retail stores‚ and
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APPLE INC CASE ANALYSIS Clint A. Persaud University of Ontario Institute of Technology October 2014 Question 1 Industry From the beginning of time apple has operated in quite a few industries‚ the first being the Personal Computer in in 1976 (pg1) and then with the leadership of John Sculley they entered the Desktop Publishing industry from 1985 to 1993 where John Sculley also attempted to implement a low cost strategy (pg2). Scully didn’t stop there he also tried
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Introductions Apple Inc is an American system company which combined with design and innovative technology‚ selling consumers electronic‚ computer software and personal computer. The Macintosh line of computer‚ ipod‚ iphone‚ and ipad are most well-known hardware products of this company. Software in this company is including Mac OS‚ itune‚ ilife‚ iwork‚ aperture‚ ios‚ final art studio‚ logical studio and safari. Apple as an admirable company with high revenue and high profit has been evaluated
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technology. Ellison and his co-founders‚ Bob Miner and Ed Oates‚ realized there was tremendous business potential in the relational database model—but they may not have realized that they would change the face of business computing forever. SWOT Analysis Oracle has a growth strategy that focuses on acquisitions of complementary companies‚ products‚ services and technologies. Over the previous 4 years‚ Oracle has significantly invested in acquiring companies like BEA Systems in 2008‚ Hyperion Solutions
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Customer Value Based Analysis (CVF Approach) Apple’s brand name has a very highly valued name in society. As an American‚ it is common for people of all ages and demographics to be a customer of Apple. It is prestigious yet also almost considered the normal in today’s society to have an Apple iPhone‚ Apple iPad‚ Apple iPod‚ or Apple Macbook. Society values Apple as having a high quality product that consumers can rely on but this also comes at a price. Most customers of Apple are just below the
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Organizational Analysis: Apple Inc. Part 1 Apple Inc. History/Background: Apple Inc. is an iconic United States technological company based in Cupertino‚ California. Apple is engaged in the development of World changing consumer electronic products such a mobile phones‚ music media devices‚ tablets‚ and personal computers. The company also sells and creates operating system software‚ peripherals and delivery of third-party digital content (iTunes) to consumers. Apple sells its products and
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Introduction: I was asked to prepare a PEST (political‚ economical‚ sociological and technological) analysis report for two companies of my choice. I decided to choose firms from the leisure industry and then compare them. I analysed the business environment and ethical factors that affect the leisure industries as a whole. In my report I will distinguish between the impacts on the different political‚ economical‚ sociological and technological factors and will then draw conclusions based on my
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General Environmental Analysis Macroenvironmental Factors The macroenvironmental factors that will affect USA Today are namely economic‚ social‚ political and technological. 1. Economic The economic environment for USA Today were relatively unstable due to the rising costs of newsprints in the mid 2000s. As printing cost is one of the major cost of newspaper‚ the rising cost in printing have definitely affect USA Today and its survival. This means that USA Today have to find solutions to
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| Brief description of PC and Smartphone’s industry Smartphones | Company | Market share | Key success factors | Android | 68‚1% | * software * innovation * synchronization with google account | Apple | 16‚9% | * design * style * size * capacity * software * download facility * distribution | Blackberry | 4‚8% | * reliability * carrier friendly * design | Nokia | 4‚4% | * price efficiency * reliability * distribution * client’s service |
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A PEST Analysis Report of HSBC Introduction HSBC holding plc is a global banking and financial services company headquartered in London‚ United Kingdom. The business of HSBC includes personal financial services (retail banking)‚ commercial banking‚ global banking and markets (investment banking)‚ and private banking. HSBC holding was founded in 1991 by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. The bank’s first branches were original opened in Hong Kong and Shanghai in 1865. HSBC lists
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