Apple Computer, Inc. is largely responsible for the enormous growth of the personal computer industry in the 20th century. The introduction of the Macintosh line of personal computers in 1984 established the company as an innovator in industrial design whose products became renowned for their intuitive ease of use. Though battered by bad decision-making during the 1990s, Apple continues to exude the same enviable characteristics in the 21st century that catapulted the company toward fame during the
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Strong growth in smartphone and tablet markets to boost Apple’s revenues * Robust outlook for mobile advertising market provides growth opportunity | Threats * Rising popularity of Google Android may affect its market share * The impact of Steve Jobs death on the company * Intense competition may affect revenues and profitability * Dependence
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Steve Jobs Summary During the Mac's production, Job's reality distortion field bothered many team members. They felt hard to work for Steve since he did not provide the trusting, supportive, relaxed environment they needed, and most of them were afraid of Jobs since Jobs wanted to control everyone. However, Jobs' personality embraced and internalized it, it allowed him to con people into believing his vision and leaded to enabled he to inspire his team to change the course of the computer history
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APPLE Adalei Padilla* MG485-44* 5/20/2012 ------------------------------------------------- Environmental Scanning of APPLE Adalei Padilla* MG485-44* 5/20/2012 External External Introduction The Apple Company was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1976 and incorporated in 1977 introducing the Apple Computer as their first product, ever since they have grown to become one of the largest growing technological organizations worldwide (History of Apple). The financial result
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Apple’s Advertising Campaign Analysis Created in 1976 by two of its cofounders; Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs, Apple became the world most advanced renowned computer and mobile devices corporation. For years Apple succeeded in differentiate itself from its competition such as Microsoft and Dell by presenting an image of superiority and class of its computers and other well known products. “Apple carefully cultivates a specific image for itself, and a cornerstone of those efforts is its advertising
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November 28, 2011 Case Study Creative Thinkers Presentation Steve Jobs made a name for himself in the business world as an inventor, he became a household name and recognized as a charismatic pioneer in the revolution of personal computers today. He was born February 24, 1955 and died October 5, 2011. He dedicated his life to Apple Inc. Steve Jobs co-founded, chairman, and chief executive officer of the company. Jobs also used his creative thinking in animation. As he served as a chief
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companies of social irresponsibility, their public image will be damaged, even affect sales amount of their products. To study the green management practices, an internationally organization, Apple, is chosen. Apple is built by Steven Wozniak and Steven Jobs since 1st April 1976. Its products include MacBook, iPod, iPhone, iPad, and it also provides some online services like iTunes and iCloud. Since its products were sold all over the world and net sales achieved to $63.5 billion in the financial year
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and Microsoft got started. This creation was made because of the two intelligent people: Steve Jobs for Apple and Bill Gates for Microsoft. It shows how the first Apple computer was made which is the Macintosh. The movie is also about how the two intelligent persons compete to each other in order to be a successful or famous. It also shows how a good leader handles his employees or team. Just like with Steve Jobs. He is so abusive to his workers. It just like he is only the good person. He always wants
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Steven Paul Jobs was born in San Francisco on February 24, 1955 to two university students, Joanne Carole Schieble, of Swiss Catholic descent, and Syrian-born Abdulfattah "John" Jandali (Arabic: عبدالفتاح جندلي), who were both unmarried at the time. Jandali, who was teaching in Wisconsin when Steve was born, said he had no choice but to put the baby up for adoption because his girlfriend's family objected to their relationship. The baby was adopted at birth by Paul Reinhold Jobs (1922–1993) and
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Table of Contents Executive Summary 2 Introduction 3 I. Alternative strategies to achieve goal and objectives of the Apple 4 1. Evaluation according to the methods of growth. 4 2. Evaluating the strategies according to market- product strategies. 6 3. Evaluation the strategies according to the diversification 8 4. Evaluation the strategies according to the potential risks. 9 5. Evaluation according to the benefits and costs of the strategies. 11 II. Selection the strategy 12
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