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SWOT Analysis: Apple IPhone: 1. Strengths: Apple is a brand in the field of Smartphones. It is known for its innovative products and has created a niche for itself over the years. The following are the strengths for Apple: a. Brand: Apple invests a lot of money to create brand awareness and it creates a very strong demand for IPhones. Over the years Apple has created a space as a brand which comes with the most innovative product. Apple uses its advertising to maintain that image in the eyes of…

Corporate transparency Opening case study: Apple In the early 1970s, Xerox developed world-changing computer technology, as well as the mouse and the graphical user interface. (Modern GUIs include Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.) One of the devices was called the Xerox Alto, a desktop personal computer that Xerox never concerned to market. A decade later, several Apple employees, including Steve Jobs, visited the Xerox PARC research and development capability for three days in exchange for $1…

Samsung Marketing Strategy Not too far ago, Samsung wasn't as popular as now. They struggled to keep up with the smartphone market, but now Samsung has progressed so much that they are the main competitor of the Apple Inc. Furthermore, Samsung is the largest tech business by revenue and seventh most valuable brands today. What helped Samsung to become an industry leading technology company, was the marketing strategy they applied. The Samsung marketing strategy was one of the most effective…

Abstract Report presents competitive advantages of Apple since Steve Jobs was back to the company. We believe that Apple has several competitive advantages including sustainable competitive advantages. Basing on value chain report presents list of company’s advantages in every department. Our analysis show that the most important advantages of Apple are vertical integration of company from design to purchasing that leads to high quality, superior design that creates products that meet…

chain – Issues AMR research and Gartner ranks Apple’s supply chain management as the best in the industry. Apple widely considered as the number one innovative company in the world has developed many breakthrough innovative products like Mac, iTunes, iPods, iPad, iPad Mini, iPhone series and more recently the iWatches. These products garners a huge demand from the consumers even before the products are made available for the release. In the case of iPhone 6 Apple sold a record number of 38…

Process view - Apples supply chain Though there are different types of process views for supply chain such as Cycle view, Design view and Push Pull view. Apple uses Push pull view for their supply chain process. Push Pull view can be defined as two different categories in supply chain. Pull process totally rely on customer’s demand. Whereas, Push process is entirely based on perditions made by manufacturers about the products performance in the market. Apple holds the number one supply chain…

When it comes to innovation, author Mariana Mazzucato of The Entrepreneurial State (2013) has a major factor that contributes to the innovation and the entrepreneurial economy. Mazzucato brings forth the idea that the states play an extensive role in the success of most innovations. A primary example, that Mazzucato uses is the growth of Apple. Apple is seen as one of the most innovative and powerful companies on the market. Besides having determination, hard work, and motive (which all great…

Every day Americans use some form of technology, whether it be our computers or our cars. Technology is used every single day without an extra thought given to it. It is never thought about the innovations that allow the computers to do what they do. Americans don’t think about the decade that made an impact on technology. The 1970s had its effect on technology. In addition to having the best people wanted more than the best. The U.S. Navy pushed for newer and greater technology, engineering…

Today i am going to tell you about my generation. My generation is Generation Z. My generation has a lot of new things that people did not have back then. My topic is “America's Gift to My Generation’’ Today i am going to talk about how we have things that back then they did not have. America Gift to My Generation is technology,entertainment,and shopping. My first topic is Technology. We have iphones, smart tvs, talk to text, and cars. Back then they had watches but not apple watches like we…

Cellphones are advertised with many messages hidden within the ads, we just don’t pay attention to them, but we do notice them enough to pick up those messages. Those messages are delivered to us rhetorically and to be more specific, the companies use pathos to get us to notice them. Apple’s home page has a large picture of the new iPhone 7 and 7 plus, both beautiful phones if clicked on send you to a page dedicated to them only. After clicking the ad, the first thing you see is a short message…