APPLE DIFFERENTIATION STRATEGY Post Published: 17 January 2011 Author: Nellie Amirah Lim Found in section: MWS Articles We can describe Apple’s strategy in terms of product differentiation and strategic alliances Product Differentiation. Apple prides itself on its innovation. When reviewing the history of Apple‚ it is evident that this attitude permeated the company during its peaks of success. For instance‚ Apple pioneered the PDA market by introducing the Newton in 1993. Later‚ Apple introduced
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I. Cost Leadership & Differentiation strategies A/ My perspective on the issue As far as I’m concerned‚ cost leadership and differentiation are the most popular strategies applied in business battlefield. Each has its own pros & cons‚ aims and sticks firmly to companies’ different long-term goals. And here are my brief comparison tables between them : Cost leadership Differentiation Staples Provide customers with standardized products at the lowest prices Provide customers with products having
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Standardisation versus Adaptation in a Globalisation context Challenge This is the challenge facing primarily multinational firms whether to standardise their local offering or adapt/localise it for the market they are selling into. According to De Wit and Meyer (2010)‚ the question facing managers is whether they should anticipate and encourage global convergence by emphasising global standardisation‚ centralisation and coordination or should managers acknowledge and exploit international diversity
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DIFFERENTIATION – WHAT and HOW? A few decades ago the world of education was very exercised by the forerunner of differentiation which was called ‘mixed ability teaching’. Then people began to realise it was not just ability that could be “mixed’’ and that teachers had to cope with a plethora of differences: learning style‚ age‚ motivation‚ prior learning and experience‚ gender‚ specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia‚ and so on. Consequently the term ‘mixed ability’ began to be replaced
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* High employee turnover from stress Alternative of differentiation Pros * Highlights company strengths and niches * Attract target customers * Higher revenue per transaction * Lower cost because specialized inventory needs less space Cons * Alienate customers that can’t afford higher cost of product * Higher market risk because business is less diversified Alternative of using both low cost and differentiation Pros * More customer volume * More diversified
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functions so any product that specialize In one of those individual functions can also be termed as a substitute. Buyer power Buyers bargaining power is high because of the following reasons: * More choice of products and very limited differentiation of those products * Elastic demand- demand is highly sensitive to economy * Less asymmetric information-buyers have all the required information * Less switching costs: This depends on the country and type of mobile plans provided
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How Dell.com uses Information technology and Information systems to support its Operation efficiency and Differentiation strategies? Dell.com is an American multinational computer technology company and one of the largest technological corporations in the world. The company is well known for its innovations in supply chain management‚ particularly its approach of delivering individual computers configured to customer wants and specifications‚ and by selling directly to the customers without going
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Positioning and Differentiation Strategies Differentiation is the act of designing a set of meaningful differences to distinguish the company’s offering from competitor’s offerings (Rao‚ 2010). With Voice to Text/Text to Voice‚ Toyota designed itself above the rest. After researching the needs of its consumer‚ Toyota focused its plans on the safety and needs of today’s driver. With the human need to stay connected to our loved ones‚ friends‚ and business contacts at the touch of a button‚ Toyota
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CASE 3 – SINGAPORE AIRLINES GROUP IDENTIFY ISSUES 1. Global financial crisis (mid 2007 onwards) - further burdened by the collapse of some of the largest financial institutions in the world. b. As demand for air travel is significantly impacted by income levels‚ customers tend to be more price sensitive during crisis time and will usually opt for budget travel or in some cases will not travel at all. c. Led to reduced demand for travel d. Airline reduced the passenger and cargo capacity
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Hilton Hotels: Brand Differentiation through Customer Relationship Management Background Hilton Hotels is one of the biggest players in the US lodging industry. It contributes to about 9% of the total rooms in US lodging market. It has presence in over 78 countries with more than 2500 hotels. Lodging industry is highly capital intensive industry‚ so to reduce capital expenditure Hilton Hotels opted for self-owned Hotels as well as franchising model with the real estate owners. One of the key features
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