INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT INDORE ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR - II APPLE INC. SUBMITTED TO: PROF. S. JAYAVELU SECTION D – GROUP 10 SIDDHARTH MODI | 2013PGP389 | VISHNU MURTHY K | 2013PGP449 | ABHISHEK GARG | 2013PGP009 | RITIKA BAJAJ | 2013PGP325 | RANBIR SINGH | 2013PGP316 | JOPHIN M GEORGE | 2013PGP170 | APPLE INC. Introduction Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in California. It designs, develops and sells consumer electronics, computer
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ODM vendors such as Compal, Quanta, Mitac etc. All these firms manufacture similar products and hence there is very little differentiation. * Excessive fragmentation in the ODM market has caused lower bargaining power for the ODMs. In 2005 both Apple and Cisco split their contracts to multiple ODMs which lead to a drop in Inventec’s stock price. * Inventec had exclusive contracts with Compaq and Toshiba leading to customer lock in. Thus, when HP acquired Compaq, stocks of Inventec plummeted
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Fundamental Strategies Dell relentlessly drove down costs Methods Corporate Financial Comparisons? These are clouded by differences in Business Organization, Product Mix, Industry Mix, Pricing, Cost Allocation Product level Comparison: Apples to Apples Five Forces Analysis Bargaining Power of Some Suppliers (very high) Proprietary standards + customer desire for compatibility Microsoft and Intel positioned to extract profits from industry Other inputs are commodities Bargaining
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Childhood obesity, who is to blame? The parents solely? The food chains? Maybe a combined effort, a blind eye, ignorance, or finger pointing? Regardless to the right or wrong answer, McDonald’s Corporation has decided to take a stand against all the scrutiny their company is facing, and make a change. This coming September, Happy Meal boxes will include apple slices, minus the caramel, and smaller portions of French fries. This is a huge leap in the right direction to not only get the United
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managing uncertainty inherent in innovation requires specific tools and thinking. Whereas operations are an established process driven by existing knowledge, innovation is a learning process that creates new applied knowledge. Operations generate today’s value; but, innovation creates tomorrow’s opportunities. With many markets increasingly becoming more and more competitive, those who innovate best will win the future. During the past nine weeks, you were exposed to a variety of perspectives on innovation
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delivering the message that Apple hopes to achieve with the iPad. By using the different marketing channels, Apple may be able to get a competitive advantage for the product by entering it at the right time. Apple continues to create products consumers love. Consumers and current customers are already excited about the launch of the new iPad Apple’s products speak for themselves; putting time into creating a marketing plan is necessary, however, no research is needed. Apple pretty much has an idea of
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Internal and External Paper Internal and External Paper The four types of management which are planning, organizing, leading, and controlling all have effect on organizational success by each contributing a specific value needed to complete company goals. Planning is used to determine what steps are necessary in taking to meet company goals. Organization is getting a team together and assigning specific task to each individual to complete. Leading is a task performed by a manager who is a high
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Page1----------Introduction of Apple Page2--------- Organizational culture, design, structure Page3--------- Management of conflict and motivation of employees & Conclusion Page4------- Recommendation& Referencing List If there is a survey about which business you believe is the most valuable and has most revolutionary influence on the society last ten years, it must be true that most of the people will choose Apple. From some professional evaluation about Apple, it describes Apple as an
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UNIVERSITY OF AGDER | Term Paper - Apple | ORG 409-1, INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT | Ole Erik H. Larsen 25.09.2015 | Innhold 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE 2 3 PORTER´S STRATEGIC GROUPS 3 4 SWOT - ANALYSIS 5 5 CONCLUSION/REVIEWS 6 5.1 Future research 7 6 SOURCES 8 6.1 Guidebook 8 6.2 Internet 8 6.3 Pictures: 8 1 INTRODUCTION Apple is an American multinational technology company that constantly designs, develop and sells consumer electronics
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Apple Inc. 1 Apple Inc. 2 Apple Inc. Executive Summary This report provides an in-depth analysis of Apple Inc. (AAPL), with necessary recommendation increasing the wealth of the company and their shareholders. The primary competitors of AAPL would include companies such as the Intel Corporation, Target Inc. and any company that sell technological products. The total revenue for the most recent fiscal year was $182,795 billion dollars on their assets and $39,510 of net income. Timothy
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