| |Program | BBA | |Assignment name | Strategic Management – Case Analysis (Apple) | |Due date | 9th March 2012 | You must keep a photocopy or electronic copy of your
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Managing a Business Strategy - Apple Inc 1.0 Executive Summary This study is to examine and analyse the strategic decisions of Apple Inc. that has enabled it to sustain its competitive advantages one of the world’s third leading electronic company. Before providing recommendations for future strategy choices it is necessary to integrate the diverse strategies in both external and internal environments, identify the opportunities, threats, strength and weaknesses, examine the core competencies
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Brand Strategy What can a brand do to stay profitable during a recession? Here are some realistic possibilities: • Add a lower-price item with fewer features to your product line. You might even launch it under a different brand name. Most companies should produce a line of products at different price points. • Add some additional value to the offer, such as free shipping or installation. • Maintain the current price but advertise heavily as to why customers should pay more for this brand
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of view. It is a blend of tangible and intangible services. The AT&T brand attracts many consumers because they have always upheld their reputation and trademark by standing behind their product and services while providing quality service. “Strategy, structure, and creative approach are strategically planned to achieve engagement with the target market while supporting the brand narrative” (White, 2012). Shopping for wireless service and the right cell phone require high investment and it is
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distinguished product with unique characteristics. It is how an organization seeks to identify itself. It represents how an organization wants to be perceived in the market. An organization communicates its identity to the consumers through its branding and marketing strategies. A brand is unique due to its identity. Brand identity includes following elements - Brand vision, brand culture, positioning, personality, relationships, and presentations. Brand identity is a bundle of mental and functional associations
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Because of the online-age, the interest in brand communities has boomed. Companies have begun to realize that consumers can co-create value, co-create competitive strategy and collaborate in the firm’s innovation process. So customers are not anymore separate and exogenous to the firm but on the contrary they should be included in the companies’ actions. One way to include customers and create collective value is to invest in brand community. Brand community is a community that is formed around
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Environmental Analysis: SWOT analysis Strength: 1. Customer loyalty combined with expanding closed ecosystem 2. Apple is a leading innovator in mobile device technology 3. Strong financial performance ($10,000,000,000 cash, gross profit margin 43.9% and no debt) 4. Brand reputation 5. Retail stores 6. Strong marketing and advertising teams. Weaknesses: 1. High price 2. Incompatibility with different OS 3. Decreasing market share 4. Patent infringements 5. Further changes in management
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BRAND MANAGEMENT Student: Drobnjak Anja, K-5050 Professor: Prof. dr David Jones Warsaw, 22.01.2014. Contents Introduction 4 Branding 5 The Laws of Branding 6 Branding and its components 8 Brand implementation 9 Brand awareness 9 Brand recognition 10 Brand equity 10 Brand elements 11 Brand Bubble Trouble 12 Strategic brand management 13 Adidas - a brand that identifies with its performance 15 Coca-Cola as Number One 17 Disney world 18 Conclusion
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share and growth rates, average revenue per user (ARPU) and churn rates and content/services, as well as consumer satisfaction and mobile usage. A. Market Size, Share and Growth Rates In the 30 months from its launch in July 2007 to December 2009, Apple sold over 42 million iPhone units [2]. This
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(excluding citation) SITUATION ANALYSIS iPad-2, Apple Inc.’s new product made it to the international markets on 25th March 2011 after quite a lot of advertisement hype and wait. This invention easily makes the list of the best products in the last ten years or so. The creation is a testimony of the success of Apple Inc. and is centered more on the use from fingertips than the hand. This sustains the road of progress that Apple has obtained after iPod and iPhone. The Economist made an interesting
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