1 Apple Inc. Strategic Paper Management 4842 Section 2 11/19/2012 Alex Morrison Zach Teachey Marquis Graham 2 Table of Contents Part 1 Executive Summary ………………………………………………………………………3 Mission and Vision Statement ……………………………………………………………4 Financial Objectives ………………………………………………………………………4 Strategic Objectives ………………………………………………………………………5 Driving Forces ……………………………………………………………………………7 Key Success Factors …………………………………………………………………….10 Competitive Analysis ……………………………………………………………………11
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by making unique products that are a "must have" for consumers everywhere. Their product line consists of manufacturing computer software, personal computers, and consumer electronics. Their most well-known products are Macintosh computers, iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV. Their most popular software lines include Mac OSX operating system, iTunes, iLife, Aperture, iOS (Apple Inc.) Business Model and Scope Apple’s business model is to make the best products, be the first to
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Chapter 9 * What are the characteristics of e-marketing—be able to explain them in the context of how a real-world or hypothetical business is able to capitalize on them. - E-marketing- The strategic process of distributing, promoting, pricing products, and discovering the desires of customers using digital media and digital marketing. - Characteristics of e-marketing: Addressability- The ability of a marketer to identify customers before they make a purchase. Example- digital media technology
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THE EVOLUTION OF THE CELLULAR PHONE Presented by: Student ID No: 1415618/1 To: Anglia Ruskin University Dated: May 16, 2014 ABSTRACT This assignment seeks to examine the evolution of the mobile phone in which improved technology has changed history by converting them from a stone-aged looking block to the modern ultra, sleek and trendy smartphones. It seeks to highlight how the mobile phone evolved over a period of time with changes to its features as a result of integrating new
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software like the OS X operating system, iLife, iTunes, and peripherals such as printers or storage devices that go with these products. But the most famous product that they manufacture is Macintosh line of electronics that is the iPod, iMac, Macbook, iPhone and iPad. Apple Incorporation ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple Incorporation is committed to bringing the best personal computing
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Microsoft Company Analysis Kevin Roberts Matthew Ponder Joseph Horton Strategic Management Arkansas State University Introduction Microsoft is a company centered around today’s constantly growing and evolving technology field. From company servers, to Laptops, even tablets and smartphones. Microsoft is expanding its horizons to keep pace with, or even out perform its competitors. Microsoft’s corporate strategy centers around their product being accessible to customers in many different
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marketing Appendix 1 Marketing Plan The Marketing Plan: An Introduction (pp A1–A2) As a marketer, you’ll need a good marketing plan to provide direction and focus for your brand, product, or company. With a detailed plan, any business will be better prepared to launch a new product or build sales for existing products. Nonprofit organizations also use marketing plans to guide their fund-raising and outreach efforts. Even government agencies develop marketing plans for initiatives such as
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markets a range of consumer electronics, personal computers, laptops, portable digital music players, media devices, mobile phones, and related software products. The company’s most famous hardware products include the Macintosh line of computers, the iPhone, the iPod, and the new iPad. The software products offered by Apple, Inc. include the Mac OS X operating system; the iOS mobile operating system; the iTunes media browser; the iLife suite of multimedia and creativity software; the iWork suite of
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deal with Apple to be the exclusive U.S. carrier for the iPhone. Not only did AT&T add new customers, it added more profitable customers. AT&T reports that an iPhone customer’s average revenue per user (ARPU) is $105 per month versus $60 for non-iPhone customers. AT&T’s corporate strategy for securing these profitable customers is to align itself with innovative technology, such as the iPhone, and pay a subsidy of $325 to Apple to make the iPhone more affordable for mainstream America, its target market
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Ethics in the workplace: Is business Ethics an Oxymoron? If the main purpose of a company is to maximize returns to its shareholders, then should deviating from this path be considered unethical? Ethics has several different rolls with in the workplace and an organization. While the most essential rules of conduct are handed down from the state, having an ethical way of doing business provides long term sustainable returns by reducing risk-taking and in many instances actually increasing business
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