Running head: THE APPLE CORPORATION The Apple Corporation Professor Contemporary Business April 2, 2012 The Apple Corporation Apple, a company established in 1976, has taken the world of technology by storm with innovative products such as: the Apple Computer, which has since evolved into the MAC computer; the iPod; a music device used by many for the viewing of pictures, videos, and downloading music, the iPhone; an industry favorite, introduced as the world’s first “smart phone”
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A) The name of the company is Apple. The reasons of choosing this company to explore its experience using the concepts of International Business are as follow: Global pattern of trade * Apple is the global company in the retail industry. 43,000 of Apple employees in the United States to work in the 30,000 Apple stores. Apple retail store employees to do more than the average wage of employees, and provides money for universities, as well as a gym membership, 401K plans, health care plans, product
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APPLE INC IN CONSUMER ELECTRONICS (WORLD) December 2011 SCOPE OF THE REPORT Scope This profile of Apple Inc focuses on its operations in consumer electronics as well as its product distribution lines, and examines future opportunities and challenges for the company globally. Disclaimer Much of the information in this briefing is of a statistical nature and, while every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy and reliability, Euromonitor International cannot be held responsible for omissions
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Business Strategy Case: Apple inc. in 2012 Inleiding In het kader van de opdracht van Business Strategy voor de PTMSc Bedrijfskunde hebben wij aan de hand van de gestelde vragen deze business case uitgewerkt. De samenvattingen, strategieën en analyses die zijn gebruikt zijn uitsluitend gebaseerd op informatie vanuit de case Apple Inc. in 2012 uit de reader. De modellen die zijn opgesteld om conclusies grafisch te onderbouwen zijn opgesteld met informatie die in de case of in de bijlagen van
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Business of eLearning The Phoenix Effect An Environmental Analysis of Apple Inc. Jeff Miller, Alan Doree, David Vogt, Bruce Stewart Jerry BleeckeR MET Program University of British Columbia October 22, 2004 Introduction – “As Bad as it Gets” The year was 1985. Apple Inc., the industry leader in the personal computer industry was bleeding money and floundering
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Apple Computers Inc. is an American-based multinational company that creates consumer electronics goods and computer software. Known for predominantly manufacturing personal computers and facing rocky sales and low market share during the 1990s; In 2001 the introduction of the iPod music player established Apple as a leader in the consumer electronics industry. Their latest success came when the company expanded its range of products and launched the iPhone, iPod Touch and it newest brainchild the
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| 2014 | | MGT 306 | [Apple Inc] | [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.] | Introduction into Apple: Apple Inc. was founded in 1976 and incorporated in 1977; it is headquartered in Cupertino, California. Apple’s focus is designing and developing personal computers and other software programs
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options 9. Recommend Strategy – medium term 10. Strategic Marketing Mix – 4ps – Action Plan (Box) 11. Managing and developing strategic direction e.g. performance measures, control etc. 12. References Executive Summary Company Background Apple Inc. is an American corporation that designs and manufactures computer hardware, software and other consumer electronics. The company is best known for their Macintosh personal computer line, Mac OS X, extremely loyal user-base, iTunes media application
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July 2011, Apple is the largest publicly traded company in the world by market capitalization with 357 retail stores in ten countries and 60,400 permanent full-time employees and 2,900 temporary full-time employees around the world. (Profile: Apple Inc, n.d.)At the same time, its revenue and profit is more than Google and Microsoft combined, and its annual revenue is totaled $65 billion in 2010 and is growing to $108 billion in 2011 miraculously. (Harry Wilson, 2012) Apple not only is one of the most
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Apple Strategic Analysis Apple was founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. Starting off as Apple Computers, Apple Inc. became the top designer for consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. Their flagship devices include the Mac line of computers, the iPod music player, iPhone smartphone and the iPad tablet computer. They have also created the OS X and iOS operating systems, the iTunes media portal, Safari web browser, and the creativity and production
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