Saturday, February 9, 2008 Apple iPod - Apple's Best Innovation [pic]Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is the World's Number One Innovative Company, three years in a row according to BusinessWeek's 2007 list of the world's 50 most innovative companies. BusinessWeek proclaims "their creativity goes beyond products to rewiring themselves." BusinessWeek ranks the innovative companies based on the responses received from over 1,000 global executives of the largest global corporations; survey questions
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PORTERS FIVE FORCES Porter's Five Forces is a framework for industry analysis and business strategy development formed by Michael E. Porter of Harvard Business School in 1979. Porter referred to these forces as the micro environment. They consist of those forces close to a company that affect its ability to serve its customers and make a profit. The overall industry attractiveness does not imply that every firm in the industry will return the same profitability. Firms are able to apply their core
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as one of the innovating companies, along with the iPod, also introduced in 2001, the iPod offered consumers and easy interface to house up to 1000 “on the go” songs. iTunes could be used to purchase verity of music, download them to iPod and used by the consumer, when and wherever they wanted to use it. In a swift move Steve Jobs was able to redefined the distribution of music and take the music industry in the 21st century. For Apple, the iPod offered a monopoly type product
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development of new energy resources and new materials. Foxconn owns many high-end clients worldwide, such as Google, Amazon.com, Apple Inc., Microsoft, Dell, Sony, Nokia and so on. The well-known products that the company manufactures contain iPhone, iPad, iPod, PS 3 and Wii. What’s more, Foxconn assembles 40 percent of all consumer electronics products sold in the world. From 1988, Foxconn started building factories in Mainland China. Until now, it has 13 factories in China with almost one million employees
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genius-his perfectionism, taste and design style. But soon after success, Jobs was fired from the top spot of his own company . Finding himself a beginner again , Jobs entered into one of the most creative periods of his life. Through Pixar, the iPod and the iPhone , Jobs revolutionized the major industries of movies, music and phones. The father of four would be repeatedly compared with the inventor Thomas Edison and auto magnate Henry Ford. People described him with the strongest words:
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Business Analysis Part II MGT521 November 14, 2011 James Bingel Business Analysis Part II Introduction This paper will provide a review of Motorola Mobility Inc.'s (MMI) financial statements to determine the financial health of the company. MMI's financial health will be compared to that of Nokia and Research in Motion (RIM), two companies within the large-cap range ($5 - $50B). A benchmarking analysis will also be performed, using Apple as the benchmark for it products, processes, and
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percentage of revenue has increased 15% since 2006… …and iPod’s percentage of revenue has decreased 20.8%. Notebooks Desktops D kt 2 5/14/2009 Product Life Cycles Introduction Growth Maturity Decline Product lifecycle curve iPhone iPod, all models Mac desktops Sales
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Apple’s competitive advantage Among the earliest pioneers of personal computers, Apple computers (the name used in the past) have an early mover advantage in the personal computer market. Subsequently, Macintosh was introduced, demonstrating high level of user-friendliness, industrial design and technical elegance. Constantly innovating and differentiating its products from its competitors, Apple enjoys a reputation of being a revolutionary and versatile company in the industry. Apple also
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music industry because it took Sony’s principle of innovation and used it to its advantage. iTunes sparked a completely unique and convenient way for consumers to obtain music without leaving their home, and with the iPod the only accessible device to it, users were forced to buy an iPod to reap the benefits. Sony seemed to
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multinational corporation that creates consumer electronics, personal computers, computer software, and commercial servers, and is a digital distributor of media content. Apple's core product lines are the iPhone smart phone, iPad tablet computer, iPod portable media players, and Macintosh computer line. Founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak effectively created Apple Computer on April 1, 1976, with the release of the Apple I, and incorporated the company on January 3, 1977 Samsung is a South
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