Tutorial 4 Management Information Systems Case Study from pp. 133-134 Is the Ipad a disruptive technology? According to Forbes.com, Apple Inc. is engaged in designing, manufacturing and providing consumers with mobile communication, personal desktops, laptops , portable digital music players as well as software and operating systems. They also provide applications, networking solutions and services. It provides products like the Ipad, Mac and Ipod as well as operating systems like the Mac
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requiring low power (10 hrs battery life) & fast processing Initial concerns were: * Many consumers prefer keyboard = keyboard accessory now available * Inability to play Flash video = other cross platform video applications are used by designers to enable viewing on the iPad * Multi-tasking = OS 4 now available for iPads “The value of computer corresponds directly to the complementary software, content and hardware that are available on that platform” (page 6 of case study). With the
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Organizational Dynamics (2013) 42, 92—99 Available online at www.sciencedirect.com journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/orgdyn Quantum Strategy at Apple Inc Loizos Heracleous Over the last 15 years, Apple Inc has revolutionized the personal electronics, telecom, computer and media industries through a string of blockbuster products that offer unique, designer, integrated customer experiences. In the process, the company has helped to accelerate the blurring of industry boundaries
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------------------------------------------------- Apple Inc. Business Analysis Category: Business Autor: Mike 26 July 2010 Words: 3002 | Pages: 13 Business Analysis of Apple Inc. On April 1, 1976 Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne joined together to form Apple Computer Incorporated. The concept behind their company was the creation of an inexpensive, simple to use personal computer kit. Working out of Jobs' garage in Cupertino, California the trio designed and manufactured their first
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the company in future. Strategic management analyses, decisions, and actions an organization undertakes in order to create and sustain competitive advantages. What kind of strategy a firm undertakes will influence the company development. Apple is the giant in computer industry, and how the company can achieve so great success, it is inseparable with their suitable strategy. Through analyses Apple’s products, market and strength or weakness, to see the strategy of the two companies, it will
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when they can obtain four sets of values that are created by e-business. According to Amit and Zott (2011) the four sets of values includes search and transaction cost efficiency, complementarities, lock-in and novelty. It can be seen clearly in the case of HTC: * HTC’s business model actually brings search and transaction cost efficiency. It enables HTC faster and more informed decision making, wider product and service selection, greater economies of scale. This element has contributed to the
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Current Market Conditions Competitive analysis To successfully complete a current market conditions competitive analysis of Apple’s iPhone one must first examine the history of this product. Apple released the first generation of iPhone on June 29, 2007. Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs made an announcement to introduce the iPhone in San Francisco at the MacWorld Conference and Expo. Jobs told the crowd the iPhone was five years ahead of the market of cell phones. The development of the iPhone was
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Case Study ( Research in Motion (RIM) Richard Okusaga Ms. Kulic BOH 4M1-02 Friday May 5, 2011 I. Summary of the Facts • Research in Motion (RIM) is a multi-award-winning company that designs and produces hardware, software, and service solutions for wireless communications used by worldwide business and consumer markets (Case, 1). • RIM is a Waterloo-based company founded in 1984 by two University of Waterloo engineering students, Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin. Today
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In an exclusive interview, Apple's CEO talked with Fortune senior editor Betsy Morris in February in Kona, Hawaii, where he was vacationing with his family, about the keys to the company's success, the prospect of Apple without Jobs, and more. Here are excerpts. On the birth of the iPhone "We all had cellphones. We just hated them, they were so awful to use. The software was terrible. The hardware wasn't very good. We talked to our friends, and they all hated their cellphones too. Everybody seemed
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knowledge and creative to use to design all sorts of products. Since then, the creators have worked to protect their creations and ideas from others who want to take them. Creators have gone to great measures to protect their works. One famous, extreme case of this is of Shah Jahan, the emperor who built the Taj Mahal. Folklore has it that the emperor had the hands of his craftsmen cut off so that they could never create another monument such as that one. In today’s world we have laws to protect all types
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