This document summarizes a research article that analyzes the products and services of Apple Inc. It discusses Apple's history and founding in 1976. It then describes Apple's product lines including Mac computers, iPods, iPhones, and iPads. The article also discusses Apple's business models of B2B and B2C e-commerce. It analyzes Apple's growth over the last few decades and its position as one of the largest technology companies in the world.
By studying this you will be able to learn about the different type of motivational processes followed in apple computers which will help you to develop a perfect motivational Approach.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to about brand positioning within Apple Inc Design/methodology/approach – This case was written by documenting and analyzing past research has been publish available to the public about Apple. Findings – Through several discussions of the case the authors havefound that answers to this issue depend on the company’s situation. Research limitations/implications – Since the case was written using public data, therefore it does not take into account the actual opinions and actions of Apple’s management team except for those reported by the press.
By studying this you will be able to learn about the different type of motivational processes followed in apple computers which will help you to develop a perfect motivational Approach.
If you think there are things that need to be updated than please inform me on my Facebook or email.
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to about brand positioning within Apple Inc Design/methodology/approach – This case was written by documenting and analyzing past research has been publish available to the public about Apple. Findings – Through several discussions of the case the authors havefound that answers to this issue depend on the company’s situation. Research limitations/implications – Since the case was written using public data, therefore it does not take into account the actual opinions and actions of Apple’s management team except for those reported by the press.
Presentation Description:
These Slides is helpful for all my FRIENDS who want to make a Final Project on any Multinational Company. If you are Impressive from my slides then should be contact with me my E-mail RIASATMINHAS@YAHOO.COM and Contact No 923044164216. I wait your suggestions.
Information technology makes significance influence in today’s business context. Organizations are becoming virtual with the technology advancement. It is a dream for an organization to become more competitive and successful without information technology. Therefore, companies make huge investments to implement information technology advancements in their businesses. Apple Inc. is one of leading digital product manufacturing organization in United States. This assignment explains about the management information system of Apple Inc.
Firstly, report discusses about the overview of the organization and primary and supporting activities of the company. Further, it discusses about the Information System of Apple Inc. and key information systems of the organization. Moreover, it explains about the Customer Satisfaction with Information System of Apple Inc. and Competitive advantage of Apple Inc. Meanwhile, report elaborates about the Factors affecting to utilize information technology. At end of the report, the MS Sway created link and preview was mentioned.
Over the last five decades, Apple Inc. has succeeded in creating a business empire in the technological industry. Apple’s I-products are among the most loved technological items across the world. In the business world, Apple’s IT products and operations are unmatched. To this end, Apple Inc. growth is remarkable and shows no signs that it will decline in the near future. This is typified by the fact that the company keeps setting new sales records for every product that it introduces into the market. Whatever Apple Inc.’s does only catches its competitors unaware and therefore they play the role of catching up by mimicking its strategy though largely unsuccessfully. This paper examines the impact of various internal and external organizational environments that affect Apple Inc. As such, the paper will keenly explore the extent to which the organizational environment affect Apple. Among the various external and internal environments that will examined in this paper include economic, social, technological and economic factors. It will also give the implications that these factors have on Apple Inc. if the company is to continue with its success story.
Apple Inc.Silvia JimenezJacob PaizNadine AnsonINF220Pr.docxfestockton
Apple Inc.
Silvia Jimenez
Jacob Paiz
Nadine Anson
INF220
Professor Juliana Zimmerman
August 5, 2019
The History of Apple Inc.
The founders of Apple were Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. They were introduced in 1971 by a mutual friend who later became one of Apple’s earliest employees Bill Fernandez (Macworld, 2017). Both men shared a passion for technology and worked together on several projects such as “blue boxes” which allowed you to make long distance calls free of charge and the Atari arcade game (Macworld, 2017). The two men quickly recognized what they were capable of if they worked together and decided to go into business and founded Apple Computers Inc., in April 1976.
Apple’s mission statement has changed over the years as they recognize the industry continues to change. Apple’s most recent mission statements is “Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App store, and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with iPad” (Panmore, 2019).
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA
Steve Wozniak created his first computer using a kind of typewriter keyboard and the ability to connect to a regular TV screen. The computer was the prototype for what was to come. Steve Wozniak named it the Apple I.
2
Apple’s Competitive Advantage
To gain a competitive advantage a business’s product or service must stand out from the rest in that industry (Valacich & Schneider, 2016). Competitive advantage can be achieved by applying one of four generic strategies (cost leadership, differentiation, niche (focus), and stuck in the middle. As stated by Michael Porter (2004), a stuck in the middle strategy is unlikely to achieve a competitive advantage.
Apple incorporates innovation, differentiation, and a focus on customers to attain a competitive edge over its competitors. Apple is consistently upgrading its devices to outperform the competition. The company prides itself on five marketing points which are better hardware, better software, better operating system, better support, and its devices are compatible to similar devices manufactured by other makers (Sahoo, 2012).
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA
Apple’s Innovation and Differentiation Stands Out
Apple is known for producing long-lasting, well-built devices using beautiful materials such as aluminum and glass (Sahoo, 2012). The company includes the latest technology, powerful processors, advanced graphics, and fast memory in all its products (Sahoo, 2012). Apple products are relatively more expensive than other brand names but due to its customer loyalty the company continues to see profits. The organization has also created its devices to store its client’s data in a way they are locked into ...
We are pleased to offer you this review of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). This review provides an overview of the post-Jobs era, a period during which Apple has become the world’s most valuable by market capitalization. The review also discusses the challenges for and changes by CEO Tim Cook at Apple since he took the helm in 2011 ...
Apple has been able to triumph through staggering growth and the broad vision of its founder to create a comprehensive and closed ecosystem that imposes its own industrial standards. This has resulted in an extremely powerful brand. However, with its founder gone just over five years ago, can it remain the Apple in the eye of the consumer?
The final paper is a compilation of your research from weeks 2, 4, a.docxtodd771
The final paper is a compilation of your research from weeks 2, 4, and 6(I've attached my 2, 4 ,6 assignments which I've submitted in the end, please refer). Ensure that you have made any necessary changes, based on comments you received from your instructor. Combine these three papers in to a single cohesive paper. Make sure that each section of your overall paper includes the appropriate headings to organize the content for your reader. The body of the paper should be
3 – 5 pages in length
. The paper should include the following sections each called out with a header.
An introductory paragraph describing the overall content of the paper
Company Overview
: The section should include the company name, the industry they are in and a general overview of the organization.
Challenges
: Discuss the challenges the organization had that limited their profitability and/or competitiveness and how they planned to leverage Cloud Computing to overcome their challenges.
Solution
: Describe the organization’s Cloud Computing implementation and the benefits they realized from the implementation. What was the result of implementing Cloud Computing? Did they meet their objectives for fall short?
Conclusion
: Summarize the most important ideas from the paper and also make recommendations or how they might have achieved even greater success.
This paper should be written in third-person. The third-person point of view belongs to the person (or people) being talked about. The third-person pronouns include he, him, his, himself, she, her, hers, herself, it, its, itself, they, them, their, theirs, and themselves (Not I, we, us, our).
The paper must adhere to APA guidelines including Title and Reference pages. The Title and Reference pages do not count towards the page count requirement. There should be at least three scholarly sources listed on the reference page. Each reference cited in the text must appear in the reference list, and each entry in the reference list must be cited in text. APA requirements for this class include:
A title page
12-point Time New Roman font
Your paper should be typed and double-spaced with 1" margins on all sides
The first sentence of each paragraph should be indented one tab space
All papers should contain the page number, flush right, in the header of every page. Use the automatic page-numbering function of your word-processing program to insert page numbers in the top right corner; do not type page numbers manually.
APA 7th edition in-text citations
Reference page (3 sources)
Week 2:
Brief History (Apple)
The history of Apple dates back to 1976. The company was established by Steve Jobs in conjunction with his friends; Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. Apple was originally established to develop personal computers but over the years the company has grown into a technology giant designing and selling a wide range of consumer electronics such as smartphones and personal computers.
Mission
The missio.
3 P a g e Section 2 = Discussion Questions. Qu.docxdomenicacullison
3 | P a g e
Section 2 = Discussion Questions.
Questions(7 Marks)
Discuss the following questions:
1. Is the evaluation and control process appropriate for a corporation that emphasizes creativity?
Are control and creativity compatible? Explain. - Max 300 words(3 Marks)
2. How can corporate culture be changed? Give examples. Max 250 words(2 Marks)
3. How is the cellular/modular structure different from the network structure? Give at least three
differences. – Max 200 words(2 Marks)
Answers:
Section 1 = Part 3 of project
1.
Apple Inc. It is a company with a wide range of products that includes mobile phones, computers,
tablets, TV products and wearable devices. Apple customers strive for aesthetically beautifully
performing products and provide a guarantee that the product will be of high quality. Apple Inc. was
founded. In 1976 as a software and computer company. Since then, Apple has gone on to create other
technology devices and built a chain of retail stores in order to provide its customers with a better
buying experience. Apple is competing in a very competitive industry with high purchasing power
bargaining. Apple takes these facts into account when designing new products and when deciding on
pricing. They should always stay ahead of their competitors in innovation as well as keep up with
them in terms of prices. Apple differentiates itself by providing both hardware and software in all its
devices. They also try to keep their designs simple, easy to use, coherent and aesthetically pleasing.
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The company also benefited from selling other products such as Apple watch and mac. These
products have also contributed significantly to the company's good performance by increasing
revenue. The Mac was released at the end of the last
In 2015 with new and cool features caught the attention of tech fans around the world. This means it
has a lot of potential to do better this year. This could drive up revenue for this product and forecast
good results for 2016. Research and development are vital to any company’s performance because it
helps provide customers with a new product that increases sales and maintains market share.
Apple has the highest level of operational efficiency, which means that it works at the highest levels.
Inventory turnover is the most important indicator of performance because it shows the rate at which
Products are bought from shelves. Apple is moving its products at a faster speed compared to the rest
of the companies. This could be the reason for the company's good performance.
Apple uses five performance indicators as part of a comprehensive approach to its long-term
performance plan. This includes customer satisfaction, core competencies, employee commitment
and alignment (through a comprehensive employee survey), market share and shareholder value.
In the world of technology, it may be difficult to archive the per.
CASE 16 APPLE INC. STILL TAKING A BITE OUT OF THE COMPETIT.docxjasoninnes20
CASE 16 :: APPLE INC.: STILL TAKING A BITE OUT OF THE COMPETITION? C117
CASES
CASE 16
APPLE INC.: STILL TAKING A BITE OUT OF THE COMPETITION?*
On February 11, 2015, Apple Inc. made history by becom-
ing the first U.S. publicly traded company to close above
$700 billion in market value. This put Apple’s value nearly
double that of the next three largest companies in the S&P
500 Index,1 and it firmly established expectations for future
performance. Apple’s market value had grown more than
50,600 percent since its initial public offering in December
1980.2 To satisfy investors, consumers, and company enthu-
siasts, Apple would have to continue to deliver, and doing so
might not be easy. As Apple had grown, the pace of innova-
tion had slowed. There were still opportunities, but would
Apple be the company to see them through to fruition?
The year 2015 was not the first time Apple had wowed
investors. In September 2012 Apple stock had hit a price
high of $702.10, at that time making Apple the most valu-
able company in the world, but the company had not been
able to sustain that lofty valuation. September 2012 had also
marked Tim Cook’s first full year as CEO and the first full
year since the death of Apple’s visionary founder, Steve
Jobs. Although most Apple watchers had mourned Steve
Jobs’s death on October 5, 2011, most also realized that
Jobs’s appointed successor, Tim Cook, came to the position
as CEO with an impressive track record. Cook had contin-
ued to grow the company, and the 2012 year-end numbers
showed continued financial success across almost all prod-
uct lines. However, expectations were still very high, and
rumors of a reduction in Asian supplier component orders
for the iPhone for 2013 led investors to worry about a drop-
off in demand for the company’s flagship product. This
worry led to a subsequent drop in Apple’s stock price of
nearly 24 percent.3
CEO Cook subsequently defused concerns over supply
chain issues, but that didn’t stop analysts and media watch-
ers from wondering whether Apple had lost its luster.4 This
posed yet again the unavoidable question that had loomed
large over the then 35-year-old Apple: What happens to a
modern company whose innovations and inspirations are
so closely tied to the vision of one leader when that lead-
er’s influence is no longer present?5 By 2015, that question
appeared to have been definitively answered: Apple, under
CEO Cook, was not only the most valuable company in
the world but was poised to grow even more (see Exhibits
1 and 2).
Apple, Fortune magazine’s “world’s most admired
company” since 2008,6 had distinguished itself by excel-
ling over the years not only in product innovation but also
in revenue and margins (since 2006 Apple had consistently
reported gross margins of over 30 percent). Founded as
a computer company in 1976 and known early on for its
intuitive adaptation of the graphical user interface, or GUI
(via the first mouse and ...
Presentation Description:
These Slides is helpful for all my FRIENDS who want to make a Final Project on any Multinational Company. If you are Impressive from my slides then should be contact with me my E-mail RIASATMINHAS@YAHOO.COM and Contact No 923044164216. I wait your suggestions.
Information technology makes significance influence in today’s business context. Organizations are becoming virtual with the technology advancement. It is a dream for an organization to become more competitive and successful without information technology. Therefore, companies make huge investments to implement information technology advancements in their businesses. Apple Inc. is one of leading digital product manufacturing organization in United States. This assignment explains about the management information system of Apple Inc.
Firstly, report discusses about the overview of the organization and primary and supporting activities of the company. Further, it discusses about the Information System of Apple Inc. and key information systems of the organization. Moreover, it explains about the Customer Satisfaction with Information System of Apple Inc. and Competitive advantage of Apple Inc. Meanwhile, report elaborates about the Factors affecting to utilize information technology. At end of the report, the MS Sway created link and preview was mentioned.
Over the last five decades, Apple Inc. has succeeded in creating a business empire in the technological industry. Apple’s I-products are among the most loved technological items across the world. In the business world, Apple’s IT products and operations are unmatched. To this end, Apple Inc. growth is remarkable and shows no signs that it will decline in the near future. This is typified by the fact that the company keeps setting new sales records for every product that it introduces into the market. Whatever Apple Inc.’s does only catches its competitors unaware and therefore they play the role of catching up by mimicking its strategy though largely unsuccessfully. This paper examines the impact of various internal and external organizational environments that affect Apple Inc. As such, the paper will keenly explore the extent to which the organizational environment affect Apple. Among the various external and internal environments that will examined in this paper include economic, social, technological and economic factors. It will also give the implications that these factors have on Apple Inc. if the company is to continue with its success story.
Apple Inc.Silvia JimenezJacob PaizNadine AnsonINF220Pr.docxfestockton
Apple Inc.
Silvia Jimenez
Jacob Paiz
Nadine Anson
INF220
Professor Juliana Zimmerman
August 5, 2019
The History of Apple Inc.
The founders of Apple were Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. They were introduced in 1971 by a mutual friend who later became one of Apple’s earliest employees Bill Fernandez (Macworld, 2017). Both men shared a passion for technology and worked together on several projects such as “blue boxes” which allowed you to make long distance calls free of charge and the Atari arcade game (Macworld, 2017). The two men quickly recognized what they were capable of if they worked together and decided to go into business and founded Apple Computers Inc., in April 1976.
Apple’s mission statement has changed over the years as they recognize the industry continues to change. Apple’s most recent mission statements is “Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App store, and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with iPad” (Panmore, 2019).
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA
Steve Wozniak created his first computer using a kind of typewriter keyboard and the ability to connect to a regular TV screen. The computer was the prototype for what was to come. Steve Wozniak named it the Apple I.
2
Apple’s Competitive Advantage
To gain a competitive advantage a business’s product or service must stand out from the rest in that industry (Valacich & Schneider, 2016). Competitive advantage can be achieved by applying one of four generic strategies (cost leadership, differentiation, niche (focus), and stuck in the middle. As stated by Michael Porter (2004), a stuck in the middle strategy is unlikely to achieve a competitive advantage.
Apple incorporates innovation, differentiation, and a focus on customers to attain a competitive edge over its competitors. Apple is consistently upgrading its devices to outperform the competition. The company prides itself on five marketing points which are better hardware, better software, better operating system, better support, and its devices are compatible to similar devices manufactured by other makers (Sahoo, 2012).
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA
Apple’s Innovation and Differentiation Stands Out
Apple is known for producing long-lasting, well-built devices using beautiful materials such as aluminum and glass (Sahoo, 2012). The company includes the latest technology, powerful processors, advanced graphics, and fast memory in all its products (Sahoo, 2012). Apple products are relatively more expensive than other brand names but due to its customer loyalty the company continues to see profits. The organization has also created its devices to store its client’s data in a way they are locked into ...
We are pleased to offer you this review of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). This review provides an overview of the post-Jobs era, a period during which Apple has become the world’s most valuable by market capitalization. The review also discusses the challenges for and changes by CEO Tim Cook at Apple since he took the helm in 2011 ...
Apple has been able to triumph through staggering growth and the broad vision of its founder to create a comprehensive and closed ecosystem that imposes its own industrial standards. This has resulted in an extremely powerful brand. However, with its founder gone just over five years ago, can it remain the Apple in the eye of the consumer?
The final paper is a compilation of your research from weeks 2, 4, a.docxtodd771
The final paper is a compilation of your research from weeks 2, 4, and 6(I've attached my 2, 4 ,6 assignments which I've submitted in the end, please refer). Ensure that you have made any necessary changes, based on comments you received from your instructor. Combine these three papers in to a single cohesive paper. Make sure that each section of your overall paper includes the appropriate headings to organize the content for your reader. The body of the paper should be
3 – 5 pages in length
. The paper should include the following sections each called out with a header.
An introductory paragraph describing the overall content of the paper
Company Overview
: The section should include the company name, the industry they are in and a general overview of the organization.
Challenges
: Discuss the challenges the organization had that limited their profitability and/or competitiveness and how they planned to leverage Cloud Computing to overcome their challenges.
Solution
: Describe the organization’s Cloud Computing implementation and the benefits they realized from the implementation. What was the result of implementing Cloud Computing? Did they meet their objectives for fall short?
Conclusion
: Summarize the most important ideas from the paper and also make recommendations or how they might have achieved even greater success.
This paper should be written in third-person. The third-person point of view belongs to the person (or people) being talked about. The third-person pronouns include he, him, his, himself, she, her, hers, herself, it, its, itself, they, them, their, theirs, and themselves (Not I, we, us, our).
The paper must adhere to APA guidelines including Title and Reference pages. The Title and Reference pages do not count towards the page count requirement. There should be at least three scholarly sources listed on the reference page. Each reference cited in the text must appear in the reference list, and each entry in the reference list must be cited in text. APA requirements for this class include:
A title page
12-point Time New Roman font
Your paper should be typed and double-spaced with 1" margins on all sides
The first sentence of each paragraph should be indented one tab space
All papers should contain the page number, flush right, in the header of every page. Use the automatic page-numbering function of your word-processing program to insert page numbers in the top right corner; do not type page numbers manually.
APA 7th edition in-text citations
Reference page (3 sources)
Week 2:
Brief History (Apple)
The history of Apple dates back to 1976. The company was established by Steve Jobs in conjunction with his friends; Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. Apple was originally established to develop personal computers but over the years the company has grown into a technology giant designing and selling a wide range of consumer electronics such as smartphones and personal computers.
Mission
The missio.
3 P a g e Section 2 = Discussion Questions. Qu.docxdomenicacullison
3 | P a g e
Section 2 = Discussion Questions.
Questions(7 Marks)
Discuss the following questions:
1. Is the evaluation and control process appropriate for a corporation that emphasizes creativity?
Are control and creativity compatible? Explain. - Max 300 words(3 Marks)
2. How can corporate culture be changed? Give examples. Max 250 words(2 Marks)
3. How is the cellular/modular structure different from the network structure? Give at least three
differences. – Max 200 words(2 Marks)
Answers:
Section 1 = Part 3 of project
1.
Apple Inc. It is a company with a wide range of products that includes mobile phones, computers,
tablets, TV products and wearable devices. Apple customers strive for aesthetically beautifully
performing products and provide a guarantee that the product will be of high quality. Apple Inc. was
founded. In 1976 as a software and computer company. Since then, Apple has gone on to create other
technology devices and built a chain of retail stores in order to provide its customers with a better
buying experience. Apple is competing in a very competitive industry with high purchasing power
bargaining. Apple takes these facts into account when designing new products and when deciding on
pricing. They should always stay ahead of their competitors in innovation as well as keep up with
them in terms of prices. Apple differentiates itself by providing both hardware and software in all its
devices. They also try to keep their designs simple, easy to use, coherent and aesthetically pleasing.
4 | P a g e
The company also benefited from selling other products such as Apple watch and mac. These
products have also contributed significantly to the company's good performance by increasing
revenue. The Mac was released at the end of the last
In 2015 with new and cool features caught the attention of tech fans around the world. This means it
has a lot of potential to do better this year. This could drive up revenue for this product and forecast
good results for 2016. Research and development are vital to any company’s performance because it
helps provide customers with a new product that increases sales and maintains market share.
Apple has the highest level of operational efficiency, which means that it works at the highest levels.
Inventory turnover is the most important indicator of performance because it shows the rate at which
Products are bought from shelves. Apple is moving its products at a faster speed compared to the rest
of the companies. This could be the reason for the company's good performance.
Apple uses five performance indicators as part of a comprehensive approach to its long-term
performance plan. This includes customer satisfaction, core competencies, employee commitment
and alignment (through a comprehensive employee survey), market share and shareholder value.
In the world of technology, it may be difficult to archive the per.
CASE 16 APPLE INC. STILL TAKING A BITE OUT OF THE COMPETIT.docxjasoninnes20
CASE 16 :: APPLE INC.: STILL TAKING A BITE OUT OF THE COMPETITION? C117
CASES
CASE 16
APPLE INC.: STILL TAKING A BITE OUT OF THE COMPETITION?*
On February 11, 2015, Apple Inc. made history by becom-
ing the first U.S. publicly traded company to close above
$700 billion in market value. This put Apple’s value nearly
double that of the next three largest companies in the S&P
500 Index,1 and it firmly established expectations for future
performance. Apple’s market value had grown more than
50,600 percent since its initial public offering in December
1980.2 To satisfy investors, consumers, and company enthu-
siasts, Apple would have to continue to deliver, and doing so
might not be easy. As Apple had grown, the pace of innova-
tion had slowed. There were still opportunities, but would
Apple be the company to see them through to fruition?
The year 2015 was not the first time Apple had wowed
investors. In September 2012 Apple stock had hit a price
high of $702.10, at that time making Apple the most valu-
able company in the world, but the company had not been
able to sustain that lofty valuation. September 2012 had also
marked Tim Cook’s first full year as CEO and the first full
year since the death of Apple’s visionary founder, Steve
Jobs. Although most Apple watchers had mourned Steve
Jobs’s death on October 5, 2011, most also realized that
Jobs’s appointed successor, Tim Cook, came to the position
as CEO with an impressive track record. Cook had contin-
ued to grow the company, and the 2012 year-end numbers
showed continued financial success across almost all prod-
uct lines. However, expectations were still very high, and
rumors of a reduction in Asian supplier component orders
for the iPhone for 2013 led investors to worry about a drop-
off in demand for the company’s flagship product. This
worry led to a subsequent drop in Apple’s stock price of
nearly 24 percent.3
CEO Cook subsequently defused concerns over supply
chain issues, but that didn’t stop analysts and media watch-
ers from wondering whether Apple had lost its luster.4 This
posed yet again the unavoidable question that had loomed
large over the then 35-year-old Apple: What happens to a
modern company whose innovations and inspirations are
so closely tied to the vision of one leader when that lead-
er’s influence is no longer present?5 By 2015, that question
appeared to have been definitively answered: Apple, under
CEO Cook, was not only the most valuable company in
the world but was poised to grow even more (see Exhibits
1 and 2).
Apple, Fortune magazine’s “world’s most admired
company” since 2008,6 had distinguished itself by excel-
ling over the years not only in product innovation but also
in revenue and margins (since 2006 Apple had consistently
reported gross margins of over 30 percent). Founded as
a computer company in 1976 and known early on for its
intuitive adaptation of the graphical user interface, or GUI
(via the first mouse and ...
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A Study on Products and Services of Apple Inc.
Tilak Naik G.1
& Vaikunth Pai T.2
1
Student of MCA, College of Computer & Information Science, Srinivas University,
Mangalore-575001, INDIA
2
College of Computer & Information Science, Srinivas University, Mangalore-575001, India
E-mail: tilaknaik2696@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Over the last 30 years, Apple has taken growth hence computer device design to developing
customer electronics. Steve Jobs, Steve Woznaik, and Ronald Wayne founded the Apple Inc.
in 1970’s. Tim Cook is the current CEO of the company. Apple uses many types of internet
business patterns. Business to Business E-Commerce used in the marketing of electronic
inventions to help operate daily proficiency in other business. Business to Consumer E-
Commerce is the marketing of iPods, Computer, and other productions to vary individuals
rather than Business. Apple’s product line has developed rapidly in last few years. They are
selling the products in the following categories: input device, output device, storage device,
computers, and connecting devices. Apple is known to use a network called Airport Extreme
Card picks up a Wi-Fi signal rather than a broadcast network. Apple is related Bonjor
Connection. It is an automatic connection where computers and devices automatically
transmit their own services and listen for services offered for the uses for the others. AirPort
utility for Mac guides you through the process of connecting to the internet, and you will
have your network up and running in minutes. Apple provides the four fundamental of
network security by offering a valid source of confidentiality with their terms and agreement
statement. Apple has their terms and agreement, which explains their integrity and
availability. Whether looking up online or calling the store via phone any answer to any
question answered honestly. Their security and access controls explain MAC OS X Server is
built on an advanced architecture to deliver the features you want with the security you need.
Keywords: Apple Inc., Company Analysis, Internet Business Models, Airport Extreme Card,
Bonjor Connection.
1. INTRODUCTION :
Company analysis is a crucial sort of case methodology in Research, which generally considered at
the initial stage of scholarly research. Out of two ways of studying a company, the first way is on
studying its business in terms of its products they develop and services that are offered.
This additionally involves finding out numerous functions of the corporate that involves its
productivity and sustainability. The second way is studying related to how the managers handle the
critical situations and make strategic decisions to solve the company issues to realize its objectives. A
systematic study and framework is developed for company analysis for reference [1-10]. Several
systematic analysis frameworks are used in various company case studies to study and analyze
internal aspects of working of company which includes ABCD analysis, SWOC analysis etc [11-19].
This paper discusses products and services of Apple Inc and its strategic methods to face
competitions in similar products of other companies using various case study methodologies [20-26].
The internal and external opportunities are analyzed by means of SWOT analysis [17-19].
Apple Inc. is an American multinational fortune 500-technology based company headquartered in
Cupertino, California. It focuses on designing, developing, and selling consumer electronic devices,
software applications, and online services. The three of Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald
Wayne were founded an Apple in April 1976, to design and sell Wozniak's Apple Ipersonal computer
and integrated as Apple Computer, Inc. in January 1977, and sales of its computers, including the
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Apple II, saw significant momentum and revenue growth for the company. Within a short period,
Jobs and Wozniak had hired a staff of computer architect designers and had a production unit. Apple
went public in 1980 to instantaneous financial success. Over the next short period, Apple designed
new computer featuring innovative graphical user interfaces, and received widespread critical
applause. However, because of the high price tag of its IT products and limited software caused
problems, as did power struggles between executives at the company. Jobs resigned from Apple and
created his own company. As the increased demand for personal computers, Apple's computers saw
diminishing sales due to lower-priced products from competitors, in particular those offered with the
Microsoft Windows operating system. More executive job shuffles happened at Apple until then
CEO Gil Amelio in 1997 decided to buy Jobs' company to bring him back. Jobs regained position as
CEO, and began a process to rebuild Apple's status, which included opening Apple's own retail stores
in 2001, making numerous acquisitions of software companies to build a portfolio of software titles,
and has changed some of the hardware technology components used in its computers and found
success and attained profitability. In January 2007, Jobs has announced that Apple Computer, Inc.
would be renamed Apple Inc. to reflect its shifted focus towards consumer electronics devices and
introduced the iPhone, which saw critical acclamation and significant financial success.
2. OBJECTIVES :
To study and understand the type of products and services provided by the company.
To analyze the overall growth of the company.
To find the different initiative that will help in environmental sustainability.
To understand the HR training strategies and corporate social responsibilities of the company.
To find the competitors of Apple Inc.
3. ABOUT APPLE INC :
Apple is the world's biggest IT Company by income & the world's third biggest mobile phone
producer. In Feb 2015, Apple became the first U.S. based company to be precious at
over US$700 billion. Apple's global annual income totalled $229 billion in the financial year of 2017.
From January 2016, above 1 billion products of Apple are actively in use in the world. 23,000 full-
time employees as of September 2017 & manages 500 retail shops in 22 different countries as of
December 2017. Apple efficiently manages the iTunes Store, which is the world's leading music
merchandiser. The company enjoys its high level of brand and has continuously ranked as the world's
most valuable and acceptable brand. However, it receives significant criticism about the labour
practices of its contractors with its ecological and business practices, including the origins of source
materials.
4. SMART PRODUCTS AND SERVICES :
4.1 Mac:
• iMac: Introduced in 1998 and it is an all-in-one consumer desktop computer.
• Mac Mini: Introduced in 2005 and it is a consumer sub-desktop computer.
• MacBook: Introduced in 2006 and launched in 2015 and it is a Consumer ultra-thin, ultra-
portable notebook.
• MacBook Pro: Introduced in 2006, and it is a Professional notebook.
• Mac Pro: Workstation desktop computer, introduced in 2006.
• MacBook Air: Introduced in 2008, Consumer ultra-thin, ultra-portable notebook.
4.2 iPod: In the year of 2003 October 23, Apple introduced digital music player called iPod.
Varieties of updated models have since been introduced, and the iPod brand is now the market leader
in portable music players by a significant margin.
4.3 iPhone: Steve Jobs introduced much-anticipated iPhone in January 2007, a convergence of an
Internet-enabled smartphone and iPod.
4.4 iPad: On January 27, 2010, Apple introduced media tablet called the iPad. It offers multi-touch
interaction with multimedia formats including newspapers, e-books, photos, videos, music, word
processing documents, video games, and most existing iPhone apps using a 9.7-inch screen. It also
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includes a mobile version of Safari for web browsing, as well as access to the App
Store, iTunes Library, iBook store, Contacts, and Notes.
4.5 Apple Watch: Tim Cook declared the original Apple smart watch on September 9, 2014,
introduced as a product with health and fitness tracking. It had been free on Gregorian calendar month
twenty-four, 2015. The ordinal generation of Apple Watch, Apple Watch Series a pair of, was free in
September 2016 that includes bigger waterproof, a flash processor, and brighter show. On September
12, 2017, Apple introduced Apple Watch Series 3 that includes LTE cellular property, giving the
wearable independence from AN iPhone aside from the setup method.
4.6 Apple TV: Jobs incontestable the Apple TV at the 2007 Macworld conference, a set-top video
device planned to bond the sale of content from iTunes with high-definition TV. The device links up
to a user's TV and syncs, via either Wi-Fi or a wired network, with one computer's iTunes library and
streams content from an extra four. The Apple TV originally engineered with a forty GB Winchester
drive for storage, enclosed outputs for HDMI and part video with high resolution video quality of
720p.
4.7 Software: Apple introduced its own operating systems to run on its devices, conjointly for macOS
for mackintosh personal computers, iOS for iPhone, iPad and iPod bit smartphones and tablets,
watchOS for its Apple Watch smart watches, and tvOS for its Apple TV digital media player.
For iOS and macOS, Apple develops its own software system titles, as well as Pages for writing,
Numbers for spread sheets, and Key note for shows, as a part of its iWork productivity suite. For
macOS, it conjointly offers iMovie and movie professional X for video writing, and Garage Band and
Logic Professional X for music creation.
Apple conjointly offers on-line services with iCloud, that provides cloud storage and synchronization
for a large vary of user knowledge, as well as documents, photos, music, device backups, and
application knowledge, and Apple Music, its music and video streaming service.
4.8 Electric vehicles: According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Apple needs to start out
manufacturing an electrical automobile with autonomous driving as shortly as 2020. Apple has
created efforts to recruit battery development engineers and alternative electric car engineers from
A123 Systems, LG Chem, and Samsung physics, Panasonic, Toshiba, Johnson Controls and Tesla
Motors.
4.9 Apple Energy: Apple Energy, LLC may be an all owned subsidiary of Apple opposition. That
sells solar power. As of Gregorian calendar month vi, 2016, Apple's star farms in American state and
American state are declared to supply 217.9 megawatts of star generation capability. Additionally, to
the company's solar power production, Apple has received regulative approval to construct a lowland
gas energy plant in North Carolina. Apple can use the gas emissions to get electricity. Apple's North
Carolina knowledge centre is already powered entirely with energy from renewable sources.
5. CUSTOMERS AND STAKEHOLDERS :
Apple considers the interests and considerations of variety of key stakeholders in its policies and
programs for company social responsibility. Neutral teams impose variable demands in several
aspects of business. In Apple’s case, the subsequent stakeholders are the foremost significant:
Customers/Consumers: Apple prioritizes purchasers as its prime stakeholders in devising corporate
social responsibility strategies. This neutral cluster is confident of individual and structure patrons of
Apple merchandise. The most interest of consumers is to possess effective and economical
merchandise that are inexpensive. Apple merchandise has higher value points. However, Apple’s
premium rating arrange is appropriate as a result of it matches the top quality and principles art of
those merchandise. The corporate conjointly has environmental programs for usage and accountable
sourcing to handle customers’ demands for business endurable. Thus, Apple’s company social
responsibility intention satisfies the interests of consumers because the prime stakeholders of the
business.
Apple’s workers: Workers are the second-priority stakeholders in Apple’s approach to company
social responsibility. This neutral cluster consists of workers at Apple’s facilities. The most interests
of those stakeholders are correct compensation and career development. Workers as a neutral cluster
are necessary as a result of they directly verify Apple’s human resource capabilities to introduce and
develop profitable merchandise. The firm addresses the interests of its workers through compensation
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packages competitive in Silicon Valley. Thus, Apple’s company social responsibility efforts satisfy
the considerations and interests of workers as a serious neutral cluster.
Investors: Investors are generally major stakeholders and determinants of company social
responsibility activities in business. In Apple’s case, investors have an interest in increasing the
returns on their investments. The corporate effectively addresses this neutral cluster through
wonderful money performance. For instance, Apple is currently one in every of the foremost
profitable corporations within the world. The firm has maintained high profit margins. Apple
additionally incorporates a robust money position that involves high liquidity through massive
amounts of money. The corporate has additionally managed to avoid debt and supported these
company social responsibility conditions. Apple effectively satisfies the interests of investors as
stakeholders.
Employees of Suppliers and Distributors: Staff in Apple’s also important issues within the
company’s company social responsibility efforts. These Staff are indirect stakeholders in Apple’s
business; however verify the firm’s company social responsibilities. The most interest of this neutral
cluster is analogous to the interests of Apple’s own workers; admire correct compensation and job
security. In addition, this neutral cluster is fascinated by moral employment practices. To deal with
these interests, Apple incorporates a provider Code of Conduct. The corporate monitors and imposes
needs on the use practices of corporations in it’s provide chain. A part of Apple’s policy is to
terminate business relations with suppliers that still fail or refuse to satisfy this Code of Conduct.
Apple’s 2014 assessment of suppliers shows that ninety-two of suppliers currently befit the 60-hour
work time rule. Thus, to a precise high degree, Apple’s company social responsibility efforts satisfy
the interests of the neutral cluster of suppliers’ staff.
6. HR TRAINING AND STRATEGY :
A success of a corporation is not solely a result of unbelievable producing capability and nice
location. Many times, HR strategy becomes the explanation for company to square robust and grows
massive to rule the planet. Apple is one example of such company. Nice skills and strange talent
management approaches are thought-about because the most significant reasons why Apple may be
the leader in shopper physics. Actually, Apple does not open up with company’s 60-minute’s strategy.
It is not arduous to grasp why company tries to cover their secret, because of competition is fierce.
However, some folks were tried arduous to analyse 60 minute’s strategy at Apple. They interviewed
60 minute’s leaders and talked with former staff to search out it out. Recruiting are some things that
become they key of success. Apple needs all candidates to be striving, committed to the corporate,
and find each precise detail excellent. Many times, Apple recruits high-quality staff from alternative
corporations. Some folk’s decision it pirate predatory. Apple understood as a unique company in
many ways. Rather than promising work and life balance, Apple is action diligence for all staff.
Rather than promising career progression, Apple conception is for workers to have their career. career
path is not absolutely supported by Apple. Workers should obtain data concerning alternative jobs in
numerous units themselves. Apple makes things thus very different in talent management. Rather than
providing coaching and development program, Apple creates the staff sleep with them. Trainings
offered however, Apple does not provide or produce learning set up for the staff. Apple reinforces the
staff to own robust independent and develop their skills on their own. However, the strategy appears
work well for each company and staff. From the terribly starting, staffs apprehend that they might not
expect heat family within the corporate. They apprehend that they need to become one thing special to
survive. Therefore, while not coaching and development program, staff already learns, train, and
develop them. Yet, they are doing not regret it because of the apprehend that they are going to receive
superb come back if they might provide one thing unbelievable for the corporate. New challenge
when a project is another key purpose of attraction. It might create folks have new spirit and sure
enough will not expertise boring. Workers are continuously pro-active and inquisitive about what is
going to happen tomorrow. They continuously prepare themselves to be told one thing new that
produces life thus exciting. With such strategy, Apple must not supply coaching and learning program
because of the staff can obtain it themselves. Apple must not produce development program as a
result of the staff can develop themselves. This is how Apple trains their workers to be inventive and
innovative.
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7. FINANCIALS :
Apple designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers, portable digital music players and
mobile communication devices. It also markets a range of related software, services, peripherals and
networking solutions. The company offers its products and services to customers in education,
consumer, creative, professional, business and government sectors. In addition, it sells various third-
party Macintosh (Mac), iPod, iPad and iPhone compatible products that include application software,
printers, storage devices, speakers, headphones, and various other accessories and peripherals. Apple
offers a range of personal computing products, which include desktop and portable personal
computers, related devices and peripherals, and various third-party hardware and software products.
Additionally, it designs, develops and markets, its family of iPod digital music players and its iPhone
mobile communication devices, along with related accessories and services such as the online
distribution of third-party content through the company's iTunes Store.
On November 2, 2017, Apple announced financial results for its fiscal 2017 fourth quarter ended
September 30, 2017. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $52.6 billion, an increase of 12 % from the
year-ago quarter, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $2.07, up 24 %. International sales accounted
for 62% of the quarter’s revenue.
Apple is providing the following guidance for its fiscal 2018 first quarter:
• revenue between $84 billion and $87 billion
• gross margin between 38 percent and 38.5 percent
• operating expenses between $7.65 billion and $7.75 billion
• other income/(expense) of $600 million
• tax rate of 25.5 percent
Apple’s board of directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.63 per share of the Company’s common
stock. The dividend is payable on November 16, 2017 to shareholders of record as of the close of business
on November 13, 2017.
8. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY :
Apple company social responsibility (CSR) programs and initiatives are light-emitting diode by Lisa
Jackson, vice chairperson of Environmental Initiatives, news on to chief executive officer Tim Cook.
It has to be noted, “Steve Jobs wasn’t legendary for financial aid. Some questioned if he created
anonymous donations to charity, some criticized him for his lack of public giving, whereas others
defended him. However, with Tim Cook forward Apple leadership in 2011, the main target on CSR
facet of the business was doubled to a substantial extent. Tim Cook may be a member of Paulson
Institute’s chief executive officer Council for property Urbanization, operating with different CEOs of
high Chinese and Western corporations to advance property in China.
• Apple CSR Programs and Initiatives includes
• Apple Supporting Local Communities
• Apple Educating and Empowering Workers
• Labour and Human Rights at Apple
• Employee Health and Safety at Apple
• Apple and Gender Equality and Minorities
• Energy Consumption by Apple
• Water Consumption by Apple
• Waste Reduction and Recycling by Apple
• Carbon Emissions by Apple
• Apple and Sustainable Sourcing
• Charitable Donations by Apple
9. ANALYSIS :
Company Background
Name Apple Inc.
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Logo
Industries
served
Computer hardware (Mac, iMac, Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Air)
Computer software (iOS, OS X, Safari, life, iWork, iMovie, iPhoto)
Consumer electronics (iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Mac products)
Digital distribution (iTunes store, iCloud, App Store, Mac App Store)
Geographic
areas served
Worldwide (retail stores in 22 countries and online stores in 100 countries)
Headquarters Cupertino, California, United States
Current CEO Tim Cook
Revenue
(US$)
229.234 billion (2017) 6.3% increase over 215.639 billion (2016)
Profit (US$) 48.351 billion (2017) 5.8% increase over 45.687 billion (2016)
Employees 123,000 (2017)
Main
Competitors
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Amazon.com, Inc., International Business
Machines Corporation, Cisco Systems, Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft
Corporation, Dell Inc., LG Electronics, Lenovo Group Limited, Hewlett-
Packard Company, Sony Corporation and many other computer hardware,
computer software, consumer electronics and Internet companies.
Strengths:
1. Unique ability to design and develop proprietary hardware, software, applications and
services
2. Powerful brand supported by strong advertising and marketing capabilities
3. Strong brand image
4. Vertical integration
5. Brand awareness and reputation
6. Sound financial performance with one of the strongest cash flows
7. Effective rapid innovation processes
Weaknesses
1. Overdependence on iPhone sales
2. Weak direct distribution channels in India
3. Limited distribution network
4. High selling prices
5. Dependence of sales based on high end market segments
6. Low expenditure on research and development compared to other companies leads to fewer
innovations and products introduced to the market
7. Incompatibility with other OS
Opportunities:
1. The Internet of Things (Iota) market is expected to grow significantly over the next decade
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2. Health-related wearable gadgets could be introduced to the market
3. Expanding mobile payments market
4. The mobile enterprise app market will gain traction as more businesses shift toward buying
subscription-based software
5. Expansion of the distribution network
6. Higher sales volumes based on rising demand
7. Development of new product lines
Threats:
1. Intensifying competition puts pressure on Apple’s market share, revenue and profits.
2. Strong U.S. dollar
3. Lawsuits over patent infringements resulting in damaged brand reputation
4. Risk of data breaches
5. Aggressive competition
6. Imitation
7. Rising labour cost in various countries
10. COMPETITORS :
• Dell competes with Apple in the market of consumer PCs. Competition between Dell and
Apple began when the former launched a rival product Dell DJ that although brought in
significant revenue, it still didn’t match the standards and success of Apples iPod. With a few
years have passed on, these two companies even compete fiercely with Dell’s XPS line taking
Apple head-on in the PC market.
• Lenovo is one of the Apple Competitors for all its products – Smartphones, Laptops and
Tablets. Lenovo has an excellent range of laptops and has an in depth product portfolio.
Although it lacks in Marketing and Brand equity.
• When compared to Apple, Samsung can be the primary competitor to Apple’s Smartphones –
The Iphone. Samsung’s Galaxy series and Note series are both premium series which are the
major reason for dents in Iphone sales. Although Samsung is the go to brand for Smartphones,
the same cannot be said about its laptop. Samsung does not have an equivalent high brand
equity for its laptop segment but due to the residual branding of Smartphone, there is greater
awareness and adoption of Samsung Laptops. When we consider Samsung as one of the top
Apple competitors, we are definitely considering its smartphone as a competitor much above
their laptops.
• HP Inc., has made tremendous strides as it continues to provide users with quality and
affordable products and is. Today with over 300, 000 employees worldwide, HP Inc.
competes with top brand Apple. Hewlett packard also has a wide consultancy presence across
the globe and is not concentrated on the US. As a result, Hewlett packard is a strong Macbook
competitor and competitor for all Apple laptops.
• Microsoft and Apple have made huge stride through their years. There is stiff competition
between these two brands, especially for the computer, smartphone, and entertainment media
markets.
• Asus is a lower end competitor to Apple and one of the reasons Apple needs to keep an Eye
on Asus is because of its small netbooks. Macbook Air is one of the most loved Apple laptops
because of small size and weight and battery capacity. Asus has several models which fall
close and hence it is considered as one of the Apple Competitors.
11. SUGGESTION :
Based on the strategic issues highlighted in this SWOT analysis of Apple Inc., a recommendation is to
continue the aggressive and rapid innovation involved in developing the company’s products. Such
innovation reduces the adverse effects of imitation on revenues. Also, it is recommended that the
company further enhance the automation of its production processes, and support the automation of its
contract manufacturers, as a way of addressing the rising labour costs involving Apple product
manufacturers. Another recommendation is to establish partnerships with more distributors to
improve the overall market reach of the company’s distribution network.
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12. CONCLUSION :
The various internal and external factors mentioned and discussed in SWOT analysis shows that
Apple Inc. has major positive strengths to effectively address various organizational weaknesses. The
corporate may also encash these strengths to take advantage of its opportunities, like the enlargement
of its distribution network. Moreover, the company can encash its strong product brand image and
rapid innovation processes to design, develop and come up with new innovative products. However,
Apple faces the serious threats of aggressive competition and imitation from other companies that are
working on similar technologies, which are major significant challenges affecting the players in the
global market for consumer electronic devices, computer hardware components and software
applications, and online digital content distribution channels.
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