Apple Inc. (Apple), incorporated on January 3, 1977, along with its subsidiaries, is engaged in designing, manufacturing and marketing mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, and portable digital music players. It also sells a range of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. The Company’s products and services include iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod, Apple TV, a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications
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THE SADHU VASWANI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES (SVIMS), PUNE REPORT ON ENTERPRISE ANALYSIS: DESK RESEARCH COURSE (COURSE CODE 115) OF FIRMS M/s. Apple Inc. And M/s. Samsung Electronics Ltd. SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MBA DEGREE PROGRAMME OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PUNE OCTOBER, 2013 SUBMITTED BY Komal Singh ROLL NO. 13216 (BATCH - 2013-14) SADHU VASWANI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES KOREGAON
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Apple Inc. in 2012 case study Executive Summary According to the case “Apple Inc. in 2012”, it was clearly illustrate that Apple Inc. is one the largest computer manufacturer in the world. The Apple company has a perfect concept and operating systems of manufacturing new products in which launch to the customers. Also, there are some other companies try to imitate the Apple Inc., but some of them were failed. The main purpose of this report is to seek the problems of the Apple Inc. and give
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The credit of pioneering this field and creating the market segment goes to Apple with launch of i-pad in 2010 and once again proving its capability of a leading innovation driven firm which redefines the course of overall computer industry as a whole from time to time. Since then the tablet sales have seen unexpected momentum in terms of growth in sales figures worldwide with apple emerging as the largest supplier till date as compared to all others. However, Android based tablet
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Business Analysis: Apple Inc. Carla Boyland MGMT/521 May 3, 2012 Renee Columbus Abstract Throughout the research done about Apple Inc. and its financial stability, this paper has pointed out their strengths, opportunities, points they should improve on, and threats they may be facing. After a little investigation the conclusion has been that, Apple Inc. would be a good company to invest into. Other points in this analysis included Apple’s best practices, operational process and procedures
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first independent project. Within two years, his net worth has increased to 200 hundred million dollars. He helped created a spreadsheet program called VisiCalc for Apple computers (founded in 1976) which became a commercial success. Shortly after Jobs success with Apple, he resigned 1985. He sold all but one of his shares in apple which subsequently was worth millions of dollars. He then brought a group of computer scientists together and incorporated it as “Pixar,” an animated computer graphics
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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 6. Defects of new products 7. Long-term gross margin decline Opportunities 1. High demand of iPad mini and
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decrease. We have come up with two major marketing objectives: increase product awareness and increase market share while still maintain profitable. Through segmentation, we can better identify and group our potential customers. Since consumers have different wants and needs, by segmenting the market, we have decided how NGP could compete with others, and how it would be perceived by customers. To prepare for NGP’s launch, we have designed the marketing mix to create product offers that is uniquely
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Defining Marketing On a typical Sunday morning in homes across the United States, consumers are paging through their local newspapers and logging on to store websites to find the sales and coupons for the week. After what seems to be endless pages of “buy one get one free,” “10 for $10,” and “$1.00 off” deals, consumers flood the stores to take advantage of these limited time offers. With the economy being in the shape that is, everyone is always searching for a good deal. While some consumers
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APPLE Company background: - Apple Inc. uses the Apple brand to compete across several highly competitive markets. Apple's brand has evolved as it has expanded its range of products and services. Originally starting in the late 1970s with desktop computers and then laptops in the 1990s, it took over 20 years before the company expanded into its first major new product area with the launch of the iPod in 2001, followed by I-Phone in 2007, I-Pad in 2010, and now Apple Pay and Apple Watch
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