Company Analysis - Apple TABLE OF CONTENTS COMPANY OVERVIEW 5 Introduction 5 Brief History & Current Happenings 5 Apple Products & Services 7 Business Strategy 9 INDUSTRY ANALYSIS 10 SWOT Analysis 10 Industry Overview 13 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS 16 Short-Term Liquidity Analysis 16 Current ratio 16 Acid Test (or Quick Test Ratio) 16 Accounts Receivable Turnover
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Apple Computers For Fiscal Year Ending December 31‚2010 Overview: Apple started in Steve Job’s bedroom when Jobs and Steve Wozniak began work on the Apple I. Since it’s start Apple has had it’s ups and downs and today has come out on top. Apple designs‚ manufactures and markets a range of personal computers‚ mobile communication and media devices‚ and portable digital music players‚ and sells a variety of related software‚ services‚ peripherals‚ networking solutions and third party digital
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Head: EXTERNAL ANALYSIS OF APPLE‚ INC. APPLE‚ INC. External Analysis of Apple‚ Inc. Aaron Nance‚ Jeanette Odetola‚ Zuaibar Rashid‚ and Rachel Rozo Strategic Management MGMT 4340 FALL 2012 Dr. Uche Nwaubeze University of Houston‚ Victoria TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY……………………………………………………………….. 3 2. COMPANY HISTORY…………………………………………………………………... 2.1 Background…………………………………………………………………………. 2.2 Purpose of this study ……………………………………………………………… 3. EXTERNAL ANALYSIS ………………………………………………………………
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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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Apple Inc strategy Apple designed the balanced scorecard (BSC)to make senior management ’s attention to the scope and no longer confined to a gross profit rate ‚return on equity and market share strategy. One pair of Apple’s strategic thinking is very familiar with the management of a small steering committee to select one from the five aspects of evaluation should focus on the type and identified several ways in each type of evaluation . On the financial side ‚ Apple’s emphasis on shareholder value
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* Name : Ashu Kapoor * Enrollment No. : A2028711170 * Course : BJ&MC 2nd semester * Guide: * Institute: Amity School of Mass Communication. TERM PAPER TOPIC : APPLE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to express my greatest gratitude to the people who have helped & supported me throughout
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Apple ’s financial performance continued to strengthen over the last several quarters. In the most recent earnings announcement‚ Apple reported significant growth in net revenues driven by the strong performance of its iPod product line. Net sales for the 2nd quarter grew to $4.36 billion‚ which is a 34% increase over 2nd quarter 2005 results. Net income increased by 41% to $410 million. (Apple Reports)The iPod product line continues to drive the financial performance of the company. In the 2nd quarter
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WRITING ASSIGNMENT: FINANCIAL ANALYSIS FIN 534 – Financial Management Student Name Instructor Name Abstract The focus of this analysis is to perform a thorough examination of Apple‚ Inc.’s financial performance over the past three years and its growing success since being founded in 1976. Apple’s main focus is on design‚ manufacturing and marketing of personal computers‚ peripherals‚ computer related software‚ digital music player and related accessories‚ and is maintained by. The portfolio
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For analysis I am dissecting the famous “1984” Super-bowl commercial by Apple Computer Inc. The commercial aired during the Super-bowl in 1984. The title and the commercial itself reference both the year it was aired as well as the famous book “1984” by George Orwell. The opening setting shows a row of people in a drone-like trance‚ wearing matching gray clothing‚ walking down a hallway‚ marching in step with each other. After a few seconds of this‚ we see a woman running down a different‚ empty
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Individual business report IBM and APPLE Executive summary The purpose of the report is to demonstrate the various aspects of the marketing theory and practices. The report selects two well known companies IBM and Apple to do this study. The hardware range from IBM like the note book is selected and the Consumer electronic range like e IPod has been taken as the products for our research. The report studies the various aspects like industrial background‚ company background
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