...Name: Unit Number: Case Name: Apple Inc. Case Study Analysis Introduction This analysis is based on Apple Inc. case study in which the strategic management is analyzed. In the process of analyzing this concept, the article also indentifies the issues and problems as they are presented together with the identification of the major issues surrounding the organization and individuals that are involved with the Apple Inc. Alternative course of action is addressed together with the recommendation that is based on the analysis. Understanding strategic management Through strategic management, a series of moves are developed and executed with an aim of enhancing the organization to be successful in the current situation and also in the future. As the Apple Inc aggressive history is analyzed, a slew of examples are unveiled with an illustration of the irreproducible ability in the effort to have an adoption as well as own market creation. Apple’s strategic management The success of Apple Inc. has been based on its ability to integrate into its model of business operation a management that is strategic. Through strategic management diligent involvement, Apple Inc. has been able to ensure that it is not maneuvered; a strategy that has enabled the company for the past 3 decades to emerge as successful in the competition. However, believing that Apple Inc. has not gone through some setbacks would be illogical. In fact, this is...
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...Trecian Brown GB520: Strategic Human Resource Management Professor Susan Pettine Kaplan University Apple Inc. Case Study 2008 Apple Inc. Case Analysis Introduction The 2008 Harvard Business Case Study on Apple Inc, describes the illustrious company which is fast becoming the wealthiest company ever with a net worth of $500 billion dollars. It illustrates how the company has had some issues, but still find a way to yet sustain its’ name and position over the years. The status of the company was examined in detail by the article which revealed a number of strategic moves under the leadership of several CEO’s in marketing, the PC industry and the consumer electronics industry. This paper offers an analysis of how I view Apple Inc. using the Strategic Management Process. Therefore, the latter part will offer recommendations of some difficulties Apple Inc. faced as it made successful changes (Slind & Yoffie, 2008). Synopsis (Background) of the Situation April 1, 1976 Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak cofounded Apple Computer in Los Angeles, California from Jobs garage; they built a computer circuit board and named it Apple I. In just a few months they sold 200, in less than three years Apple had annual sales of $1billion which quickly propelled them an industry leader. Apple was thriving to a degree that seemed to be beyond the capacity of Apple computer. Although Mac sales surged in recent years, Apple’s share...
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...AMAZON.COM: GLOBAL STRATEGIC ANALYSIS IN INTERNET AND ONLINE INDUSTRY: THE FUTURE OF ONLINE SHOPPING COMPETITION SYSTEMS. 5/6/2015 Group Global Strategic Analysis Project for MGMT 471 Role of the Global Corporation Executive Summary Amazon.com, Inc. is an American electronic commerce company with headquarters in Seattle, Washington. It is the largest Internet-based retailer in the United States.[12] Amazon.com started as an online bookstore, but soon diversified, selling DVDs, Blue-rays, CDs, video downloads/streaming, MP3 downloads/streaming, software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food, toys and jewelry. The company also produces consumer electronics—notably, Amazon Kindle e-book readers, Fire tablets, Fire TV and Fire Phone — and is a major provider of cloud computing services. Amazon also sells certain low-end products like USB cables under its in-house brand Amazon Basics. Amazon has separate retail websites for United States, United Kingdom & Ireland, France, Canada, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Australia, Brazil, Japan, China, India and Mexico. Amazon also offers international shipping to certain other countries for some of its products.[13] In 2011, it had professed an intention to launch its websites in Poland[14] and Sweden.[15] Names of All Group Members Awes Alrefae 8993 Yaman Naqawa 8282 Ahmad Alazmi 11608 Mohammed Alghoul Amazon.com: Global Strategic Analysis in internet and online industry: The Future of online...
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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, online services, computer software and personal computers. Its best known products are the Mac line of computers, the iPhone smartphone, iPad tablet computer, and the Apple Watch smartwatch. Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne on April 1, 1976, to develop and sell personal computers. By revenue Apple is the second-largest information technology company in the world, after Samsung Electronics. On November 25, 2014 in addition to being the largest publicly traded corporation in the world by market capitalization, Apple became the first U.S. company to be valued at over US$700 billion. As of March 2015, Apple employs 98.000 permanent full-time employees, maintains 453 retail stores in sixteen countries, and operates the online Apple store and iTunes Store. ITunes are otherwise the world’s largest music retailer. Apple has in recent years enjoyed an outstanding success in technology, and the company has grown to become one of the most valuable brands in the world...
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...Apple Inc Strategic Recommendations for the Future Apple Inc is a globally respected business organisation and is an acknowledged pioneer in its areas of operations in the technology sector. Primarily a manufacturer and marketer of personal computers and peripherals, software and networking solutions, the company’s product line includes the Macintosh range of desktop and notebook PCs, the Mac OS X operating system, the IPod digital music player, the ITunes music store, the IPhone, the IPad tablet, the X Serve G5 servers and X Serve storage products (Apple Computer Inc, 2011, p 1). The company sells its products through its chain of retail stores, third party wholesalers and online channels. The company’s main markets are in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Japan and South East Asia. It also has a growing presence in China and India (Apple Computer Inc, 2011, p 2). Apple’s vision statement is elaborated as “man is the creator of change in this world. As such he should be above systems and structures and not subordinate to them”. The company’s mission statement is as under: “Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students, educators, creative professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative hardware, software and internet offerings”. (Masi, 2009, p 2) 2. External Analysis 2.1. Environmental Analysis Apple Inc is one of the largest of global corporations in terms of market capitalisation and has important products...
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...Analysis of Apple Inc. business Strategic Unit (iPad unit) Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 2 1. Strategic position of Apple Inc .................................................................................................................. 2 1.1 Competitive strategic position ............................................................................................................ 2 1.2 Strategic group mapping ......................................................................................................................... 4 2. External drivers of change affecting Apple’s Strategic Business Unit ....................................................... 5 2.1 PEST Analysis ....................................................................................................................................... 5 2.1.1 Political and legal drivers ............................................................................................................. 5 2.1.2 Economic factors .......................................................................................................................... 5 2.1.3 Socio-cultural factors ................................................................................................................... 6 2.1.4 Technology .............................................................................
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...|3 | |6 | | |Problem Statement | | |4 | |8 | | | | | |5 |Criteria for evaluating strategic alternatives | | | | |10 | | | | | |6 |Three strategic alternatives and evaluation |11 | | |Recommended alternative and...
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...5/28/2014 Apple Ife Matrix Analysis - Research Papers - Alexpadron MOZHISH1 UPGRADE Get Access to over 1,709,571 More Essays. Upgrade Your Account Now. RESEARCH DOCUMENTS BOOK NOTES AP NOTES Home » Miscellaneous Apple Ife Matrix Analysis By alexpadron | March 2008 Add to Library (0) Download Print Report this Essay Page 1 of 1 Apple IFE Matrix Analysis It was pretty surprising to me to find that all the different groups came up with fairly similar ratings in their IFE matrix for Apple Inc. My group, management, had the second highest rating at a 2.78 and I felt that we were fairly critical of the different strengths and weaknesses for the company. The groups that pertained to a more financial aspect like finance and accounting seemed to have lower scores, which were not as far above the average for utilization of resources internally. This seems interesting because many companies use resources outside their company to assist them in correcting financial problems. Also, there were a few strengths and weaknesses that every group mentioned in their matrix and they were: Steve Jobs leaving and then returning(W), large increase in inventory(W), products are globalized(S). It was interesting to see that Steve Jobs leaving and then returning was on everyone groups list because with out him these last few years Apple Inc. would probably not be where it is at today. The only downside to this is that there seems to be this great dependency on one person in...
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...Strategic Management Case plus Case Answer – Apple’s Profitable but Risky Strategy Case study Apple’s profitable but risky strategy When Apple’s Chief Executive – Steven Jobs – launched the Apple iPod in 2001 and the iPhone in 2007, he made a significant shift in the company’s strategy from the relatively safe market of innovative, premium-priced computers into the highly competitive markets of consumer electronics. This case explores this profitable but risky strategy. Note that this case explores in 2008 before Nokia had major problems with smartphones – see Case 9.2 and Case 15.1 for this later situation. Early beginnings To understand any company’s strategy, it is helpful to begin by looking back at its roots. Founded in 1976, Apple built its early reputation on innovative personal computers that were par-ticularly easy for customers to use and as a result were priced higher than those of competitors. The inspiration for this strategy came from a visit by the founders of the company – Steven Jobs and Steven Wozniack – to the Palo Alto research laboratories of the Xerox company in 1979. They observed that Xerox had developed an early version of a computer interface screen with the drop-down menus that are widely used today on all personal computers. Most computers in the late 1970s still used complicated technical interfaces for even simple tasks like typing – still called ‘word-processing’ at the time. Jobs and Wozniack took the concept back to Apple and developed their...
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...Running head: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT REPORT OF APPLE, INC. Strategic management report of Apple, Inc. Xu Ruiqing FTDipFM10 Kaplan Higher Education Academic February 6th 2013 Table of Contents 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 8 4.3 The threat of substitutes 9 4.4 Suppliers 9 4.5 Customers 10 5. Internal environment analysis 10 5.1 Resource types 10 5.2 Firms capabilities 11 6. Conclusion 11 7. Recommendations 12 Reference 13 1. Introduction Apple incorporated was first established as a computer company by Steve Jobs in 1976, but in 2001, Apple broke the barrier with iPod, eventually becoming the dominant market leader in music players. In following, Apple joined the phone industry in 2007 with the iPhone, which has gained a huge success and been developed to the 6th generation today. Nowadays, Apple has developed several of products such as Apple TV, MacBook, iTunes, etc. However, after Steve Jobs, the ex-CEO of Apple, passed away, the stock price of Apple once made new...
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...Time: 13/11/13 at 3pm on StudyNet and in Coursework Hand-In point Weighting: 30% Title: Marketing Audit Format: Report Type: Group (approx 4-5 members) Select one of the following organisations and familiarise yourself with the relevant organisation website * Apple Inc www.apple.com CONSUMER ELECTRONICS * Tiffany’s & Co www.tiffanys.co.uk LUXURY RETAIL 1. Write a brief overview of the organization Access the relevant industry Mintel /Keynote report and other relevant research from information databases 2. Identify and illustrate the SBU’s (Strategic Business Units) for the organization External Environment 3. Apply PESTEL to the chosen industry. Illustrate and provide detailed explanations 4. Apply Porters 5 Forces to the relevant industry /organization /sector. Illustrate and provide detailed explanations 5. Illustrate in a grid format: Opportunities and Threats Internal Environment 6. Apply McKinsey’s 7S matrix to the organization /sector 7. Apply Marketing mix to the organisation /sector 8. Illustrate in a grid format: Strengths and Weaknesses SWOT Analysis 9. Illustrate in a grid format: corporate SWOT Analysis 10. Illustrate in a grid format: SBU SWOT Analysis (For Apple choose ipad and for Tiffany’s choose Jewellery Strategic Positioning 11. Identify competitors for Apple or Tiffany’s and using a perceptual map with appropriate axes demonstrate a gap in the market 12. Identify an appropriate portfolio...
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...Daphne Gail Varias 4th year- Corporate Business Apple is best known for its line of Macintosh computers, iPhone mobile services, iPod for music players and the trend today for iPad tablets. Apple started on the year 1976 which was incorporated by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne and today they is the most admired company particularly in USA. The company achieved widespread accomplishment with the consumer electronics resulted to a successful in finance as it is worldwide annual revenue topped $108 billion in 2011. The company is confidential on their ways to success as to keep it safe from competitors that may copy their style. However the article from Fortune magazine was able to figure Apple’s success from the several conducted interviews with former employees of the company and others explaining what happen inside Apple. According from the article Steve Jobs focused on institutionalizing his way of doing business on a more strategic level. He had a mission to turn the traits of his associates to pay more on details, the secrecy, and the feedbacks of the customers for it to ensure Apple’s excellence in the future. A mission is a unique purpose that sets a company apart from others of its type and identifies the scope of its operation in product, market and technology terms. Steve Jobs reformulated his mission attempted to provide a unifying purpose for the company that it would be the basis for strategic objective and decision making. Every time an executive...
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...STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE 2012 Table of Contents 1.0. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 2 2.0. Company Profile ..................................................................................................................................... 3 3.0. Apple Distinctive Competencies ............................................................................................................ 4 3.1. The R-C Model.................................................................................................................................... 4 3.2. Building Blocks of Competitive Advantage ........................................................................................ 6 4.0. Nature of Competition in the PC industry ............................................................................................. 7 4.1. PC Industry Life Cycle ......................................................................................................................... 7 4.2. Porters 5 Forces ................................................................................................................................. 8 5.0. Apple Sustainable Competitive Advantage.......................................................................................... 10 5.1. Value Chain .................................................................................
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...MGMT330 Strategic Management Case Analysis & Presentation Questions for the case memos: Case 1: The Chinese Fireworks Industry Discussion Questions: 1. If you were Jerry Yu, would you invest in a Liuyang fireworks factory? Why? 2. Is the fireworks industry a ‘sunset’ industry or an industry still worth being in for the long run? 3. If you were Jerry Yu, and you decided to make the investment, what would you do to win out in the competition? 4. If you were asked to provide advice to Liuyang Firecrackers and Fireworks Industry Department, as Jerry Yu, what would you say? Case 2: The Global Casino Industry Discussion Questions: 1. Examine the structure of the casino industry by using Porter’s five forces model. 2. What has been the effect of the changing industry structure on U.S. casinos? 3. What are the strategic groups in the casino industry? 4. Assuming your group as consultancy for the Macau government, provide some recommendations for the gaining industry in Macau. Case 3: McDonald’s Discussion Questions: 1. What situation did Easterbrook inherit when he became CEO? What are the current forces in the external environment that might affect the new CEO? 2. What source of competitive advantage does McDonald’s have, and is that position supported by its value chain and other internal resources? 3. What steps could Easterbrook take to fix the problems McDonald’s faced? 4. What other strategies did McDonald’s formulate to achieve a competitive advantage? Case 4: Apple...
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...Environmental Scan Paper According to BusinessDictionary.com, “an environmental scan is the vigilant monitoring and evaluation of a firm’s external and internal environments for detecting early signs of opportunities and threats that may influence current and future plans” (BusinessDictionary.com, 2011). In strategic planning, an environmental scan can help an organization increase understanding of the internal and external environmental factors that are required to reach the long-term goals of the company. This paper’s purpose is recognizing and exploring the external and internal situations of two successful organizations, Apple and Coca Cola. Also, to examine the competitive advantages and strategies used by these organizations, as well as sustaining value in an increasingly competitive market through creative strategic business plans. Another area being explored is the measurement guidelines used to substantiate the strategic effectiveness for these organizations and the effectiveness of these measurement guidelines. Internal and External Environments The whole process can be seen as beneficial knowledge for managers wishing to increase the long-term efficiency and develop strategic plans for the business. An organization’s environment can be broken into two separate divisions. First, the internal environment which is generally compiled of the factors or elements directly involved within the company. This would basically include the managers, employees, stakeholders, and especially...
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