Economic Analysis of Apple Inc. Introduction 3 Industry analysis 4 Personal computers 4 Computer software 5 iPod and iTunes 5 Company analysis 7 Apple Computers Inc 7 Apple Inc 8 Innovation 9 Profitability 9 Recommendations 11 Personal computing 11 Conclusions 12 References 13 Appendix 14 Introduction The primary purpose of this report is to execute an economic analysis on Apple Inc. We will review the impacts that the competitive market has had on Apple, since it was founded
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diversification of markets enhances Apple’s value chains, as a result. In a product lines based system Apple competes in five markets, including the PC industry with its Macintosh computers and Xcode software of MAC OS X, the consumer electronics industry with iPod, the electronic mp3 distribution with iTunes, the mobile market with the iPhone, and digitized medium with the AppsStore specifically designed for its products such as iPhone and iPad. This classification instrument aligns Apple with most electronic
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ECO320-65: CAPSTONE Economic Analysis of Apple Inc Student 2 Cleary University May 14, 2007 ECO320-65: CAPSTONE Economic Analysis of Apple Inc. Introduction 3 Industry analysis 4 Personal computers 4 Computer software 5 iPod and iTunes 5 Company analysis 7 Apple Computers Inc 7 Apple Inc 8 Innovation 9 Profitability 9 Recommendations 11 Personal computing 11 Conclusions 12 References 13 Appendix 14 Introduction The primary purpose of this report is to
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Strategies Planning of iPhone5 The biggest thing to happen to iPhone since iPhone “We don’t want to just make a new phone; we want to make a much better phone” By Jony Ive, Senior Vice President Design Team name: People’s liberation army (Elvis, Clarence, Maggie, Leko, Jojo) INT1005 Management Concepts and Practice Dr Şőhret Başaran Howells Submission Date: 07 November 2012 Content Executive summary-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3
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computer software. Apple Inc. has been involved in the development, designing, and marketing of their personal communication devices, network solutions, and their portable digital music devices. The well-known hardware for Apple Inc. is Mac computers, iPod, iPhone, and iPad. The software products include the Mac OS X operating systems, iTunes, and iWork suite, iLife suite, Safari the web browser. Apple sells its products to a wide customer base; it ranges from individuals, educational institutions, creative
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Marketing Strategy of Apple Inc and its Effectiveness ukessays.com /essays/marketing/marketing-strategy-of-apple-inc-and-its-effectiveness-marketingessay.php Carrying out this research on a strong brand image like Apple Inc. contributes to further and wider understandings about marketing strategies, even for other organizations, such as: To study the needs, wants and expectations of the various customers from different market segments. To find out reactions of customers to products of the company
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their technology products that are distributed all around the world. Apple was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976 and is headquartered in Cupertino, California. Apple’s various products such as the Mac, iPod, iPhone, IOS software, and more help reach sales of $199.38 billion. Apple is #1 on Forbes’ World’s Most Valuable Brands list and twelfth on Forbes’ Global 2000 list. The firms strengths include its capabilities and resources which it can use to
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12 Apple Inc. Strategy Review and Recommendation Group: E2 12 Apple Inc. Strategy Review and Recommendation Group: E2 Content 1. Company Background 4 2. Report Aim and Scope 4 3. Analysis of the Current Environment 5 3.1. PEST Analysis 5 3.2. Porter’s Five Forces 7 3.3. Resource Portfolio Analysis 8 3.4. Current SWOT Analysis 10 4. Analysis of the Future Environment via Scenario Planning 11 4.1. Impact of Scenarios on Apple’s Five Forces 12 4.2.
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Identify and describe the stage of the life cycle the brand, product, business or organization is in? Do this by giving a few sentences into the history of the brand, if this is needed, and then tell us about the current life cycle stage (i.e., the things that lead you to define this as the stage). Make sure to give specific evidence, discussion, and /or examples to back up your thoughts on the life cycle of the brand/product (saying 'sales are down,' needs specific figures such as down by what %
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some hints from Nintendo. However Nintendo has to keep on his unique feature and the competition could be a dangerous threat for the Wii if the producers don’t think about competitive advantage towards other companies. If we take the case of the Ipod, at the beginning this could have been a potential fad (just think about MP3 players), but via Itunes and
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