Running head: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT REPORT OF APPLE, INC. 1 Table of Contents 2 1. Introduction 3 2. SWOT 4 2.1 Strengths 4 2.2 Weakness 4 2.3 Opportunities 4 2.4 Threats 5 3. External analysis (general environment) 5 3.1 Politics/legal 5 3.2 Economic conditions 5 3.3 Social forces 6 3.4 Technological factors 7 3.5 Environmental factors 8 4. External analysis (competitive environment) 8 4.1 Intensity of rivalry among competitors 8 4.2 The threat of new entrants
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REVIEW OF “LOOKING INSIDE FOR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE” What do we look for in order to attain competitive advantage? Where will we look? How will we find it? Well, there are a lot of questions that could be asked so that we can source out a firm's competitive advantage. Several things are needs to be assessed, evaluated and decided on in order to formulate a firm's competitive advantage. For Jay Barney, the author of Looking inside for competitive advantage, a company's competitive advantage can be
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Globalization • How Local/Global the Firm is ? Analyzing Competitors • Strategic Groups Strengths and Weaknesses of Competitors • The three Variables to be Considered Share of Market Share of Mind Share of Heart Industry attractiveness analysis Debasis Pradhan, XLRI, India Porter’s Five Force
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SUMMARY Over 6 years of Business Analysis experience with in-depth knowledge of business processes in health care, banking and financial industries ▪ Experienced in interacting with business users to identify their needs, gathering requirements and authoring Business Requirement Documents (BRD), Functional Requirement Document (FRD) and Software Requirement Specification (SRS) across the deliverables of a project. ▪ In-Depth Knowledge in facilitating Joint Application Development
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THREE YEAR MARKETING PLAN ECO BUTTON INVENT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LTD. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Invent technology solutions had plan to launch the new computer based energy saving device which also prevents carbon emissions which will be known as the ECO BUTTON, this product is made from recycled plastic, image can be seen below. Our goal is to achieve 100% customer satisfaction so our focus will be based on product quality with reasonable price. we will be the first company to enter in this specific
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Business 200W – Business Research and Communication Individual Case Analysis Apple Inc. SWOT Analysis Company Overview Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation which focuses on designing and manufacturing technology products such as consumer electronics, personal computers and software. Apple Computer, Inc. was established in Cupertino, California on April 1, 1976 and incorporated on January 3, 1977 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
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Environmental Analysis: SWOT analysis Strength: 1. Customer loyalty combined with expanding closed ecosystem 2. Apple is a leading innovator in mobile device technology 3. Strong financial performance ($10,000,000,000 cash, gross profit margin 43.9% and no debt) 4. Brand reputation 5. Retail stores 6. Strong marketing and advertising teams. Weaknesses: 1. High price 2. Incompatibility with different OS 3. Decreasing market share 4. Patent infringements 5. Further changes in management
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How to write a Good Value Chain Analysis The ability of a company to understand its own capabilities and the needs of the customers is crucial for a competitive strategy to be successful. The profitability of a firm depends to a large extent on how effectively it manages the various activities in the value chain, such that the price that the customer is willing to pay for the company’s products and services exceeds the relative costs of the value chain activities. It is important to bear in mind
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