Apple Inc. Reports Samples For Students

Evaluation of Corporate Performance

Evaluation of Corporate Performance
Apple Inc. is one of the most innovative and the famous corporations in the world today. Apple Inc. is the leading manufacturers of mobile phones, tablets, laptops and other electronic devices. However, their product ‘iPhone’ is the leading smart phone brand as compared to their other products. Apple Inc. was founded in the year 1976 and incorporated in the year 1977. The main aim of the company was to make and produce the personal computer for their clients. Apple Inc. is the second largest company in the smart phone industry on the basis of ...

Innovation and Risk Management

Introduction
Strategic growth is an essential element of increasing business activity and profits. There are a number of possible ways through which strategic growth can be achieved by an organization. One of the best ways to achieve strategic growth is to introduce a new product in the existing range of products. The new product should be unique and better or complimentary to the existing range of products. The organisation chosen for this study is Apple Inc. and a New Product Development (NPD) process is included in the report while covering the strategic growth of the company.

Apple Inc. is ...

- Introduction
In order to perform an annual report analysis we will choose Apple Inc. as our target company. Apple Inc. is an American based company, with headquarters in Cupertino, California. It designs and manufactures mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, digital music players, computer software, and various digital applications. Apple’s major brands and trademarks include iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod, Apple TV, iTunes and iCloud.Company operates in all major geographical regions: North and South Americas, Europe, Japan and Asia-Pacific. Apple Inc. is a publicly traded company listed on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange. It was first incorporated on ...

INTRODUCTION

Lee Byung-Chull established Samsung in 1938. The Samsung group started as a trading company centered in Su-dong. At the beginning, it acted as a grocery in the city. In 1947, it expanded its services to Seoul but moved after declaration of the Korean War. The founder ventured into the textile industry in Korea. In 1960, Samsung penetrated in the telecommunications hardware industry. Later on, the company started to produce Telecommunications equipment, semiconductors and home appliances. Since then, it has expanded its services to more than 68 countries and it has more than 285 operations across the globe. The company’s revenue ...

A Comparison of the Marketing Communication Strategies

Apple is an American Multinational Computers and Consumer Electronics company. Acer is a Taiwanese multinational computers corporation. Both enjoy considerable market share in the computer sales in the world. While Acer is placed fourth worldwide and 5th in United States, Apple has a very strong presence in US and has rapidly risen to third in the computer sales in the country. The reason for rapid growth has often been cited as due to strong marketing initiatives of the company. Integrated Marketing Communications strategy is an integral part of a good marketing plan. IMC aims at defining thet target market and the tools that the ...

Executive summary

The world of technology has given rise to the most sophisticated gadgets in communication that has made life easier. The ipad is one of the many products that are manufactured by Apple Inc. Ipads are one of the fastest selling communication tools in the Australian market due to its various advantages (Trenholm, 2011, p. 67). Apart from being portable due to its small size, the gadget is also sophisticated; this is a quality that most people are looking for in the market. It is said that by 2016, about half of the people in Australia will have access to the ...

Introduction:

The main purpose of writing this report is to determine the marketing metrics and marketing effectiveness of Apple. Marketing metrics are the performance indicators, which permits the business to perform overall marketing performance. The marketing metrics help to attain greater accuracy in the business activities. Marketing plays an active role in the business and the success lies in the marketing abilities. The marketing metrics are categorized into various types’ namely behavioral, financial, physical availability and consumer profile etc. In this report, these metrics with respect to Apple Inc. will be discussed. As a marketing consultant, I will provide the ...

INNOVATION AND RISK MANAGEMENT

Executive Summary 3
Innovation and Risk Management: An Introduction 3
Invention and Innovation: The Concept 5
Innovation to Achieve Growth 5
Innovation and Risk Management 6

Recommendations 9
Conclusion 9
References 11
Executive Summary
Innovation is leading to newer products and technology advancements in today's business scenario. While it promotes growth and profitability, there lurch equally good chances of running into grave business risks. It is important to a business to avoid risks; risks cannot be avoided in totality. The key lies in taking calculative risks by which the organization can reduce the chances of losses and increase the ...

Profitability and Credit Risk Analysis: Apple Inc. and Owen Cornings Inc.

The report is based on conducting an in depth analysis of the profitability and credit risk of the two US based public listed companies, Apple Inc. and Owens Coming. For the purpose of conducting profitability analysis we will be having an overlook of how the company reaches to its bottom line profits and what income and expenses are deemed to reach at that figure. In addition, we will be analyzing multiples such ROE(including Dupont), operating margins, etc. for each company . On the other hand, as for credit ...

Products and Services

Apple Inc. was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Cupertino, California. The company designs, manufactures and markets mobile and media devices, computers, and portable digital music players; and sells related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications worldwide. Its products and services include Mac OS X operating systems, iPad, Mac, iPhone, iPod, Apple TV, the iOS and iCloud, and various accessory and support offerings, as well as a range of consumer and professional software applications. The company sells its products and services to consumers, small and mid-sized business, education, enterprise, and government customers through its ...

Abstract

The research topic that we have decided to discuss in this paper is:
What motivates undergraduates and postgraduates to apply to apple Inc.?
We carried out a research on 30 university students in order to find the answer of this query. All of these students were very excited about the idea of joining apple. After an intensive research, we came to know that Why people are so interested in joining apple. Apple offers extended benefits to its employees that fit under different models of employee motivation.

Introduction

Apple Inc, an American multinational corporation, is known for its first class ...

Management in Creative and Cultural Organizations

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1.0 Executive Summary
Creativity and culture have long been regarded the lifeblood of organizational success but today diverse practices have changed the global business environment. Apple Company is an American cosmopolitan corporation that designs as well as manufactures consumer electronics, personal computers and computer software. The cultural and creative way of management of the organization is a superb idea to push the world forward. Apple Inc relies on diverse backgrounds and perspectives to spark innovation by choosing partners who make diversity a priority and creating opportunities for the next generation. Apple has constantly been different regarding ...

Main Accounting Section XX

About the company: Apple Inc.
Widely appreciated for its innovative products, Apple Inc. is an American Multination company headquartered in California, US. The company designs and market the consumer electronics, software and other multimedia services. While the company operates in consumer electronic industry, some of the leading products of the company include:
- IPhone
- IPod
- IPad
- MacBook
It also offers paid multimedia services for online purchase of media files known as ITunes. The company is listed on NASDAQ and trades under the ticker sign of ‘AAPL’. With market capitalization of $ ...

Innovation and Risk Management

Innovation and Risk Management

Introduction

This report aims at producing a strategic growth report for Apple Inc. Apple Inc is a telephony company that provides innovative products to suit customer’s needs. The innovativeness of Apple Company is a significant factor in steering its growth in the international market. The paper delivers the strategic growth plan in four parts. The first part is an overview of Apple Inc and why it is innovative. The second part contains the strategies that Apple can adopt to realize the proposed growth. Third is the components of New Product Development and how it can ...

Organizational Behavior

Many employees from Apple.inc concur that the working environment is great, and that the organization offers diverse opportunities for progress and career development. These comments from workers there indicate the level of satisfaction in the global Information Technology firm which leads in the field of innovation (Stone, & Vance, 2009). However, some employees have repeatedly complained of the company’s global enterprise. The high levels of secrecy which are imposed on the employees are discouraging and make the workplace an unattractive place. If I were to take after Steve Jobs and manage Apple Inc., I would look towards changing the ...

Organization Assessment Report

Organization Assessment Report
Apple Inc. is probably the most known company in the manufacture of technological products; it has a cutting edge and produces something that everybody desires to have in their possession. The company incorporated in 1976 was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976. The company’s headquarters is in Cupertino, California. The company originally started at the bottom of a garage as opposed to an expensive business location as many would think. It is this historical background of the company that amazes people in terms of their brands and ...

Introduction

The report will be based on the purchase technological hardware that will benefit the company. The purchase process will require the respective departments to do research on the costs, functions and accessibility of the system. This will go a long way in ensuring the best machinery has been concluded upon. In any transaction there is need to have in depth research on the best in the market while still exhausting and checking the competitor products. This report will give recommendations and a conclusion on the product selected for purchase by management. the two companies in focus are Hewlett Packard and Apple.

Purpose of the purchase

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Human Resource Management (HRM) refers to the practices and knowledge within an organization that is concerned with the organization’s primary responsibility and employment relations (Redman, & Wilkinson, 2009). As such, it is a discipline that is guided by numerous models that include Guest, Harvard, Warwick, Storey, and Fombrun models. The Guest model developed by David Guest contends that the HR manager is initially presented with specific strategies which then create a need for certain practices within the organization in order to achieve the desired outcome. It bears six aspects that include HRM strategy and practices as well as behavior, ...

Portfolio Management

Part 1)
Compare your portfolio’s return over the investment period with the Market Portfolio. Did you outperform the Market Portfolio? What if you take the CAPM result into account? Show all calculations used. What might be some reasons your portfolio either outperformed or underperformed vis á vis the Market Portfolio?

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Portfolio Construction and outcome
The portfolio was constructed using three stocks from different industries where the objective was to analyze their performance in comparison to the market index, S&P 500. The three stocks selected by us were Apple Inc., Starbucks and Tesla Motors with weights allocated as ...

Evidence of strategic IHRM in Apple Company

Strategic human resource management is the process of planning of the best ways of managing personnel in an organization. This involves the practice of developing and implementing practices and policies best fitted for the organization’s workforce. Strategic human resource management deals with the issues of necessary to implement international operations aimed at managing human resource as a strategy to obtain financial advantage over other businesses (Luo 2001). Multinational companies are common in full development and implementation of IHRM as an objective to acquire economic managerial advantage over competitors.
It is evident from Apple’s generic competitive strategy that ...

Marketing Management

Executive Summary
The battle between gadget suppliers has now moved in the living room, for capturing the viewers on providing a new television experience, through customized products that integrate customized cable TV, online chat, playing video games, using computer, and other smartphone related applications, etc. This trend, initiated by Apple Inc. has rapidly evolve, with many other strong competitors entering this market, challenging Apple to continue to innovate, while also adjusting its segmentation, positioning, targeted population and its marketing mix to gain more market share and continue to dominate this market domain.
Vodafone entered the telecom market quite recently ...

A career development plan is a way through which an individual sets goals which he or she intends to achieve in the future. This is aimed at progressing in a given career of their choice. It involves developing a list of goals together with the strategies to be applied so as to achieve the goals at the end of a desired timeframe. A career development plan can be developed during college or after joining a particular career (Yoder, 76). This could be an individual affair or with some assistance from a career advisory specialist.
Career planning and development is important due to several reasons ...

Physical address

Introduction
Operational activities are critical component of businesses and organisations. Business ventures are started to provide services and products to clients. The operation is concerned with transformation of available resources into outputs which include products and services. Therefore, the management of company operations is crucial. The operation management involves planning designing, and monitoring the production process and improving systems and structures for purposes of achieving high efficiency. This requires a strategy which outlines how an operational objective is to be achieved. This report uses Apple Inc as an organization of my choice. The report will address various issues as ...

INDUSTRY/COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS

COMPETITOR #1: Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. operates in the computer industry with the total market capitalization of 16 billion and the net profit margin of 16.2%. Apple Inc. is the biggest player in the market according to its market capitalization ($611.7 B), while its closest competitors is Dell Inc. has the market value of only $17.0 B . and it occupies the 17th position in the Fortune 500 list for 2012 (Cable News Network, 2012). The company focuses on design, manufacturing and selling of personal computers, software, media players, mobile communication devices as well the services related to them. ...

Mission Statement

The mission of Elwn Wireless Earbuds is to ensure that the clients receive a fitting wireless earbud with a long-lasting battery. Elwn wireless earbuds follows the slogan that all ears are not the same, therefore, they require different earbud sizes.

Company Analysis

SWOT Analysis: SWOT Analysis is a program that shows and examines the market value and the situation of any company in the market.

Strengths:

Elwn Wireless Earbuds is boasting a huge customer base due to the huge reputation it has earned in the industry. By offering musicians, artists, and designers an opportunity to bring their creative projects to life, the ...

Introduction

Reputable companies in the business world are constantly involved in the innovation of products that they manufacture. Such companies frequently introduce new products, modify the existing products, or improve the already existing products. All these activities are done to fulfill the needs and desires of customers. The whole process of conceptualizing, designing, manufacturing, and selling a product is called product development. One prominent company that is involved in product development is the Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. is one of the most reputable companies in the world. The company was established in 1976 by three like-minded persons. The three persons ...

Portfolio Management

Introduction
The objective of this report is to understand the performance of various stocks ranging from different industry over a period of three weeks. The companies selected by us include:
- Apple Inc.
- Ebay Inc.
- Delta Airlines
- Coca-Cola Company
- Bank of America
- Wells Fargo
- Banco Santander
- JP Morgan
- Progressive Corp
- Pepsi
- Mcdonald
- AT&T
The companies were selected as each one represented their industry significantly while the banking stocks were selected primarily because of recent growth ...

Nature of Apple, size, and human resource challenges it faces

Apple is a company that publicly trades itself in the computers and electronics industry. The human resource of apple publicly displays itself and one can access the company’s business contacts where all contacts come with the names, email, phone numbers and title. The company relied much on Steve Jobs who was the founder of apple. He ensured that there was an equation within the human resource. (Apple Inc., 2009)
This is what they knew as the leadership strategy equation. The model transformed the organization greatly since leadership generated energy. This is because people had the awareness on the ...

Referring to the ratio multiples of the company, we found that CanGo is in a very strong position to take up the new projects. Beginning with the working capital analysis, the company is having the current ratio of 5.39 and quick ratio of 4.53, which confirms the strong liquidity position and the ability to handle short-term liquidity requirements. Important to note, even the working capital amount of $164.5 million also confirms strong liquidity position of the company.
Moreover, the existing net profitability , which is recorded at 10.97%, also confirms that the company is utilizing its available resources and assets ...

Introduction

Thus a corporation requires a “Global Strategy” which again is defined by Professor Lynch (2012) as a term that covers three areas (global, multinational and international) which is designed for an international organization to achieve its corporate goals as it operates in locations outside its location of origin. The online website Quick MBA defines the importance of Global Strategy (Quick MBA, pp 1). For the corporation, Global Strategy is important for the corporation because operating in a new country will is essentially a newly opened market that would drive both sales and profits. For many corporations that have “exhausted” the market or is competing ...

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Product 3
Place 4
Price 4
Promotion 5
Social media 5
Televised communication 6
Personal selling 6
SWOT Analyses 6
Threats 7
Findings 7
Challenges 8
Opportunities 9
Recommendations: 9
Conclusion 11
Last US bag 14
Abstract:
The Last US Bag company is a leading company which provide its consumers customized products and services and it is the main promotional strategy of the company. The market mix explains that the company is strong in its products and are able to cover maximum areas for its supply chain. There are explanations about the company’s SWOT analysis and recommendations from ...

Background and Rationale for Choosing Kraljic Model

Supplier relationship management is necessary for long term success and sustainability of an organization. Apple Company has over the years been able to boost its supplier relationship by engaging competent suppliers who identify the need for technological advancements and sustained profitability. Among the factors considered by Apple is the need to reduce costs of sourcing for raw materials and reducing the risks associated with supply chain inefficiencies. The Kraljic supply chain model is a key tool that is applicable in Apple’s operations considering that there are two aspects Apple looks for when engaging its suppliers. The two elements ...

Market Research Mix

Executive Summary
Market mix is a means of converting the marketing planning into practice. In the traditional marketing mix, product, price, place, and promotion provide and effective way through an organization can increase its position in the market. It is worth noting that marketing mix offers managers a theoretical tool for configuring their market plans into long-term and short-terms implementable programs. For a numberof years Apple has been the global emblem in the tablet market. Nonetheless, the entry of Samsung into the tablet market poses potential competition to Apple.It is notable that the launching of Samsung Galaxy Tablet gives Apple iPad a ...

Business and Organisation

Organization.
Apple store is a chain of retail stores supplying computers and electronics under the apple computer, Inc. it has connection worldwide approximately 13 countries with 417 stores.

Introduction.

Firstly, the external factors, which shall be analysed using the PESTEL model, are long-term problems that entail variables that keep on changing with time. According to the contingency approach, the organization should be flexible to cope up with any change or situation. The variable affect the organizational structure; the apple store should conform to the changes and consider how the organizational structure is affected. The main variables affecting the organization are ...

Introduction

The global market has been characterized with intensified competition, and various organizations have been evaluating and adopting various strategies to ensure their competitiveness. Marketing plays an imperative role in the success of an organization selling its product in the global market. Firms that have been able to draft the best marketing plans have achieved significant success globally while those with poor marketing plans trail in performance. Apple a multinational organization engaged in production, marketing and distribution of telecommunication devices such as phones and Ipads among other products has introduced various innovative products (Krippendorff 2012). For example, the Ipad introduction in ...

Vertical and Horizontal Integration

Technology Sector and Structural Changes

Technology, by any measure, is the most competitive and fast moving industry, and businesses have to develop new structural strategies to maintain their competitive sustainability. The survival of business in the industry is dependent, in part, to innovation and new product development, and as well, structural reinvention and strategies. Actions and strategic decisions of top management executives are essential in the determination of the future of many organizations and in enabling these organizations to avoid becoming obsolete. Traditionally, business organizations in the IT industry have used integration to enhance their developmental and operational activities. ...

Undeniably, Apple Inc. has introduced a good number of advanced technology devices. Some of these devices include; iPhone, iPod, as well as the iPad. iPad was first introduced in the market in April 2010. Within a period of 80 days, the company sold approximately three million iPad devices, (Natalie 2010). Additionally, it has been approximated that 14.8 million devices of this product were sold in the entire globe. In the early 2011, the company produced iPad 2 and by March, above 15 million pieces had already been sold. By the end of 2011, it is projected that Apple will be having ...