the world. Some even say “ Apple is mostly Steven Jobs life rather than a company’s history “ During Apple’s history almost most of the time Steven Jobs name is associated with turning points for Apple. For example in the very beginning Jobs and Wozniak created Apple I in 1975 and the sales was pretty much fine. Then Apple II was designed in 1977 and just a within a year the company made $3 million. This is showing that Apple since the very beginning has always been working in creating and inventing
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Richard Moody STR/581 April 1‚ 2013 Ryan Derrickson Introduction Apple‚ Inc. started as a computer company launched back in 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. The goal behind Apple Inc. was to create a computer that could be used by diverse global communities. Apple has always been very savvy in their approach on releasing the advanced technology that their company provides. Along with their
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Akmal Mohd Idris (MR121007) Nor Fadillah Md Ali (MR 11150) For Dato’ Dr. Mohd Padzil Bin Hashim International Business School UniversitiTeknologi Malaysia Introduction Apple Computer Inc was established by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs in April 1976. It all started after Wozniak made a box called Apple 1 computer‚ it has no keyboard and no power supply but it was sold by 50 units in San Francisco Bay for $666. In 1978‚ it has 100 dealers across the United States. Apple 2e and Apple 2c came
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Apple Company SW Analysis Abstract This paper will attempt to identify the strengths‚ weaknesses‚ of the Apple Company; a multimillion dollar technological company. There are several aspects of the Apple Company that makes it strong in the industry however there are also areas of weakness that makes the company vulnerable to its competition. This paper will outline the company’s strengths and how it dominates in this ever changing technological world. At the same time this paper will outline the
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rep u ta tion as one of the most admired brands — and envied com pa nies — in the world. For the third year in a row Apple ranked as the world’s most admired com pany‚ by the high est mar gin ever. But this didn’t hap pen overnight‚ and it’s not just because Steve Jobs is one of the world’s most admired CEOs. There are sev eral fac tors that influenced apple’s organaisational structure for Apple’s con tin u ing suc cess as a mar ket innovator. Size Size is many times the driving factor for a company’s
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personal computers. It was founded by Steve Jobs‚ Steve Wozniak‚ and Ronald Wayne on April 1‚ 1976 to develop and sell personal computers and it was incorporated as Apple Computer‚ Inc. on January 3‚ 1977. Later‚ it renamed as Apple Inc. on January 9‚ 2007‚ as it was no longer only focus on computer and to reflect the company’s ongoing expansion into the consumer electronics market. The current CEO of Apple is Tim Cook since 2011 after the death of the former CEO Steve Jobs. Apple has 425 retail stores
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In April 1976 Apple’s founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak produced the first Apple Computer with their introduction of the Apple I. They incorporated their company in January 1977 in California and have been in business for over 30 years. Apple has had an up and down track record over that time period but also several proven successful products and brands. They also have demonstrated continual innovation despite some down turns and rough times. The death of Steve Jobs in 2011 presents another down
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Nowadays‚ a large number of entrepreneurs are starting their business‚ trying to find new chances and using innovations in management and technology to achieve more economic benefit. In order to know how these entrepreneurs affect the economic growth‚ it is important to examine the relationship between entrepreneurship‚ innovation and economic development and define the role of creativity and problem solving in this relationship. This essay will begin with the definition of entrepreneurship and innovation
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Case summary Apple Inc. in 2012 Apple and its History Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple in California in 1976. Their mission was to introduce an easy to use computer to market‚ which led to a computing revolution and quickly became the industry leader by selling more than 100‚000 Apple IIs in 1980. After IBM entered PC market‚ IBM PCs‚ which used Microsoft’s DOS (OS)‚ gained more market share and became the new standard for the PC industry. At the same time‚ Apple introduced the
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three years in a row‚ for the years 2008‚ 2009 & 2010. Apple designs and manufactures consumer electronics‚ computer software‚ and commercial servers. The company was founded by its current CEO‚ Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in April 1976. The duo’s affiliation began a number of years before when Wozniak‚ a gifted‚ self educated electronics engineer‚ started creating boxes that helped him to make long distance free phone calls. Apple has approximately 35‚000 workers worldwide and worldwide annual
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