Week 3 Assignment 1 Corporate Responsibility and Marketing Strategies Apple Incorporation BUS 508 Name Date Instructor Apple Incorporation Apple Inc. is a corporation based in Cupertino, California (USA). The company designs, develops and sells consumer electronic products such as laptops and desktops, mice and iPhone. It also develops computer software, most popular of which is Mac OS X. Its major products include
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Assignment 1: Corporate Responsibility and Marketing Strategies BUS 508 – Contemporary Management Strayer University Introduction This assignment will examine the private enterprise systems, drivers of change on the system, ethical and social responsibilities of business, and the requirements for success in today’s business environment. Abysmal corporate ethics and social responsibility has been spotlighted in the media with events such as the Enron scandal in 2001, the BP oil spill
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BUS 508:Contemporary Business Corporate Responsibility and Marketing Strategies Dr. Hammad Elbedour Monique A. Newell 1/20/2014 [Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] Apple Corporation is a computer company that sells consumer electronics and computer hardware/software. It was
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CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY AND MARKETING STRATEGIES Tanika Fuentes BUS 508 Contemporary Business Dr. Jacob The Apple Corporation has become one of the largest corporations in the world. There are a lot of companies that would like to be mentioned in the same breath as Apple. Many companies want to emulate their success. In this paper I will examine Apple current position and reputation, regarding ethical and social responsibility. According to Crane and Matten (2013) “One of the basic
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Apple Corporation Ryan Butler Dr. Laura Poluka BUS508 17 July 2014 Corporate Responsibility and Marketing Strategies Who is Apple? Apple is one of the world leaders in innovative technology. Founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, Apple creates and manufactures mobile phones and devices. The products of Apple include the iPad, iPhone; Mac, iPod; iTunes and Apple Television just to name a few. Through many years of experience Apple strives to continue to advance with the time while
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Chapter 1 Questions 1. What is finance? What is corporate financial management? What are the three major questions that financial managers address? Finance is a discipline concerned with determining value and making decisions. The finance function allocates resources, which includes acquiring, investing and managing the resources. Financial management is an area of finance that applies financial principles within an organization to create and maintain value through decision
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* Corporate Strategy is the growth design of the firm; it spells out the growth objective of the firm – the direction, extent, pace, and timing of the firm’s growth. It spells out the strategy for achieving the growth. * It is the strategy developed and implemented to the goals set by the company’s business policy. As a company-wide strategy, corporate strategy is concerned primarily with answering the question “what set of businesses should the company be in?” and should be distinguished
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Q1. How did Sony become a diversified company? What was the rational for entering the entertainment sector? Was it a good choice? Sony first ventured into diversification in 1961 when it created Sony Enterprise Co. in order to manage the Sony building in Ginza. Gradually, Sony moved into the space of retailing, took interest in a French restaurant named Maxim’s, ventured into Sony Travel Service and also became an importer to sports equipment and luxury goods. Over a period 50 years, the company
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Problem Assignments 38. Kevin deliberately omitted $40,000 of gross income from the restaurant that he owned from his 2012 tax return. The return indicates gross income of $ 200,000 when he files it on April 14 2013. As of what date can the IRS no longer pursue Kevin with the threat of collection of the related tax, interest, and penalties? Answer: There is no statute of limitation. The IRS can pursue Kevin with additional taxes, interest, and penalties if they are able to prove fraud was
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Siemens Corporate Strategies: A Siemens AG Case Study Jeff Head Loyola University Chicago Foundations of Organization CPST 250 Dr. Marilyn Stocker February 13, 2015 Siemens AG, An Organizational Analysis “Siemens is a global technologies company comprised of 343,000 employees worldwide” (Karczewski, 2014). For the purpose of this paper an analysis of the company will be presented, to include a look at the company mission, human resources, markets, products offered, recent financial performance,
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