MGT680-11401D-02 – Strategic Management SWOT – An Analysis of Apple Incorporated 09 March, 2014 Abstract The advanced technology that is available today has not only allowed Apple to produce the innovative products that are available to their customers today, this same technology is used by others to remain a competitor in the market place today. Most business analyses would agree that Apple is a good strong organization. Most would also agree that Apple is strong because of its ability to accomplish
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PORTERS FIVE FORCES Porter's Five Forces is a framework for industry analysis and business strategy development formed by Michael E. Porter of Harvard Business School in 1979. Porter referred to these forces as the micro environment. They consist of those forces close to a company that affect its ability to serve its customers and make a profit. The overall industry attractiveness does not imply that every firm in the industry will return the same profitability. Firms are able to apply their core
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1. Introduction a. Background of the company Apple Inc. is an American enterprise that design and makes computer software, hardware, and other gadgets. The organization is best known for their Macintosh PC line, Mac OS X, to a great degree faithful client base, iTunes media application and the iPod individual music player. The organization home office is in Cupertino, California, CEO and co-founder is Steve Jobs and the organization boasts 284 retail stores spreading over 10 distinct nations. Macintosh
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Apple SWOT analysis 2014 Your best insight into Apple's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats this year. Company background Name | Apple Inc. | Industries served | Computer hardware Computer software (iOS, OS X, Safari, iLife, iWork, iMovie, iPhoto) Consumer electronics (iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Mac products) Digital distribution (iTunes store, iCloud, App StoreSM, Mac App Store) | Geographic areas served | Worldwide (retail stores in 14 countries and online stores
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SWOT Analysis of Apple, Inc. Name Institution Affiliation SWOT Analysis of Apple, Inc. Company Overview: Apple Inc. Apple Inc. was co-founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak on April 1, 1976 (Johnson, 2012). Originally, the duo sought to develop a simple micro-computer board that could be offered to small and businesses. However, since its conception, Apple exhibited unprecedented growth in the ICT industry with its initial products, including Apple I, Apple II and Macintosh becoming the first commercially
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companies that are the telecommunication electronics Apple,inc, Xiaomi Inc, OPPO Electronics Corp, HTC Corporation, Samsung. These five electronics company has gone worldwide. The companies produce variety of product. The top five of the products is IPhone6 for Apple, Note 4 for Samsung, Redmi note for Xiaomi, Find7 for Oppo and HTC Desire eye for HTC. Besides the top model phone the companies also produce electronics appliances. Swot analysis Swot analysis is a study that undertaken to know the potential
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Dilemmas SWOT ANALYSIS: The basic strategic tool through history (?) It is generally known that in order to be competitive in a market, one must be able to see the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that lay the fundament of success in the organization. This analysis, is one of today’s perhaps most frequently used tools when analysing a company’s possibilities to be successful in the modern market situation. Moreover, the question is; where does this tool derive from? Is SWOT analysis
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Advantages and disadvantages of using SWOT analysis to develop corporate strategy. Discuss using examples related to at least two companies. Introduction SWOT analysis SWOT analysis can also be called as SLOT analysis which is a strategic planning or direction for making decision based on available resources to determine valuate the Strength, Weaknesses/limitations, Opportunities, and Threats involved in a project or in a small business (business venture). It mentions the objective of business
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SWOT analysis of Apple’s new iPhone Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation, which designs, manufactures and sells personal computers, consumer electronics and software, and provides related services. Apple unveiled the iPhone 5, featuring an enlarged screen, more powerful processors, and running iOS 7. But in the current market this iPhone 5 have strong competitors like: HTC One; Samsung S3, S4; Sony Xperia Z; Nokia Lumia Series etc. SWOT analysis is used to evaluate the Strengths
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are important factors in business strategy. This study will show you the analyses and evaluations about different aspects of business strategy and focus on vision, mission, objectives and competences. It will demonstrate for us about the function of SWOT, PESTEL and Porter 5 forces on the business. II. Assess how business missions, visions, objectives, goals and core competencies inform strategic planning 1. Mission Mission statement is a function or commitment that an organization desires
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