EB 2007 Top Electronics R&D Spenders (Ranked by FY 2006 R&D spending as a percentage of revenue) | | |Ranking |Company |R&D spending |R&D spending |Total revenues | | | |(% of revenues) |($ millions) |($ millions) | |1 |Cadence Design Systems |31.0% |460.1 |1,483.9 | |2
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mobile phone market, Apple now occupies the third place after Samsung and Nokia (Gartner, 2012). However, from 2006, it has been reported that the employees assembling iPhones, iPads and other devices in contract manufacturers, such as Foxconn and Inventec often work in harsh conditions. Thus, a question has been arisen that whether Apple should be responsible for the actions of Foxconn. According to the case study, this essay will argue that Apple is partially accountable for the actions of Foxconn
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Marketing Management Report The Concept My concept is an end-to-end e-waste management company dedicated to environmental stewardship with advanced recycling technology, and to extract high quality metals by rendering innovative e-waste management solutions with fastest turn-around time from e-waste to economically viable metals. This company will solve and meet three critical needs: 1. It will give municipalities and companies a cost effective alternative to landfilling and rerouting the
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Lean manufacturing training and six sigma training are two of the most valuable skills in business today. Businesses of all types are utilizing six sigma, lean manufacturing, and lean six sigma as the primary continuous improvement methodology.Our Lean Manufacturing Certification course, delivered worldwide to individuals, colleges, and training centers, includes all of the major concepts in a single course. Definition: What does it mean to be "Six Sigma"? Six Sigma at many organizations simply
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT CASE SUBMISSION REPORT Transforming ASUSTeK: Breaking from the Past Submitted To PROF. JISHNU HAZRA INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, BANGALORE Submitted by: Group 6 1311147 Akhil Mittal 1311200 Shashank Shekhar 1311197 Supriya Shailesh Kumar Sehgal 1311195 Sameer Gupta 1311196 Saurabh Kumar Introduction ASUSTeK is a Taiwanese multinational computer hardware and electronics company. It started in 1989 as a motherboard manufacturer and ventured into diverse
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Industrial and Corporate Change, Volume 19, Number 1, pp. 81–116 doi:10.1093/icc/dtp032 Advance Access published June 22, 2009 Who profits from innovation in global value chains?: a study of the iPod and notebook PCs Jason Dedrick, Kenneth L. Kraemer and Greg Linden This article analyzes the distribution of financial value from innovation in the global supply chains of iPods and notebook computers. We find that Apple has captured a great deal of value from the innovation embodied in the iPod
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From Followers to Market Leaders: Asian Electronics Firms in the Global Economy Henry Wai-chung Yeung Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, 1 Arts Link, Singapore 117570 (Tel: 65-6516 6810; Fax: 65-6777 3091; Email: HenryYeung@nus.edu.sg; Homepage: http://courses.nus.edu.sg/course/geoywc/henry.htm) Forthcoming in Asia Pacific Viewpoint, Vol.48(1), pp.1-30, 2007. Acknowledgement An earlier version of this paper was presented as the Asia Pacific Viewpoint Lecture at the International
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rP os t W14161 APPLE INC.: MANAGING A GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN 1 Ken Mark wrote this case under the supervision of Professor P. Fraser Johnson solely to provide material for class discussion. The authors do not intend to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a managerial situation. The authors may have disguised certain names and other identifying information to protect confidentiality. op yo This publication may not be transmitted, photocopied, digitized or otherwise
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ACER: AN IT COMPANY ACER: AN IT COMPANY LEARNING TO USE INFORMATION LEARNING TO USE INFORMATION CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ORGANIZATION University of California, Irvine 3200 Berkeley Place Irvine, California, 92697-4650 AUTHORS Jason Dedrick Kenneth L. Kraemer Tony Tsai October, 1999 Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations TECHNOLOGY TO COMPETE Acknowledgement: This research has been supported by grants from the CISE/IRIS/CSS Division of the U
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Supplier List 2013 This list includes the major manufacturing locations of suppliers who provide raw materials and components or perform final assembly for Apple. 3M Company 1030 Lake Road Medina, Ohio USA No. 8 Xingyi Road, Changning Shanghai China 3406 E. Pleasant Street Knoxville, Iowa USA 915 Adams Street S.E. Hutchinson, Minnesota USA Nanxiang 2nd Road Tianhe, Guangzhou, Guangdong China AAC Technologies Holdings Inc. Building 5, 6th floor, Nanyou Tianan Industry Park, Dengliang Road
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