Essays on Apple

Chapter 1.

Section 1.1. Strategic management is regarded as the implementation of certain actions and conduction of the particular events that involve the participation of the leading management of the company, the related companies and rivals within the industry of the operation of the company causing the efficient performance of the business unit. The main question posed by the strategic management is why some companies have the better performance within one market or industry in comparison to the rivals. In order to plan the appropriate strategy for the company, it is vitally important to consider all possible options so that company ...

Company Overview

Apple manufactures designs, and markets communication mobiles as well as media devices, portable digital players and personal computers in addition to making sales of the related software, accessories, services, network solutions as well as digital third-party content and applications. The management of the company`s business primarily is on the basis of geographic region including the Europe, America, Japan, Greater China, Rest of the Asia-Pacific as well as Retail. The Company has a commitment to bring the best customers experience onto its customers via its innovative software, hardware as well as services. It leverages its unique ability in designing ...

Inventory Management

Introduction Inventory management and the supply chain system are one of most important factor for the success of an organization. With the improvement in the technology, the process of inventory management has changed over the time. This research paper mainly studies the inventory management system of two globally recognized manufacturing companies namely Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics. The research paper will study the inventory management system of both the companies and compare them to identify several problems that these companies face in its operations. The paper ends with practical suggestions that would help the companies to improve its inventory ...

Analysis of Samsung Corp.

Introduction Samsung Corporations operates as a multinational company operating in electronics industry with the headquarter in Suwon, South Korea. It is a blue chip company listed in Dow Jones. The company makes profits in terms of trillion with over 200 trillion of assets and 168.088 trillion of equity (Michell, 2010). As of 2015, the company had around 307,000 employees contributing to its operations. This makes the company a big corporation thereby forming a platform for practicing how to analyze businesses. The profitability of a Samsung’s operation is dependent on the efforts put by the management towards ensuring ...

Introduction

The paper attempts to provide a brief critique of the movie “the imitation game” in light of the leadership theories. Ahead of it, the RLP and RLR theories are also explained, and both have been related to the movie. The main character of the movie is Alan Turing, who leads a group under the supervision of the United Kingdom’s government. In addition to it, Alan Turing also exhibits some strange attributes which are entirely related to his personal life.

Critique of the Movie

The movie is totally based on the biography of the Alan Turing, who is a gay man by nature. ...

Swatch Group is a conglomerate that is actively involved in the design, manufacture and sale of finished watches and watch components. The watch company is popular for running a number of entities that bring together a lot of revenue to the parent company. One of the possible niches that Swatch can explore is the smartwatch industry. This is an industry that some smartphone companies like Apple have exploited successfully and contain a significant market share. The purpose of this report is to conduct a critical analysis of the major environmental trends in order to deduce the opportunities and threats ...

Introduction

The following is the evaluation of the access control models for use in the company. The access control models under review are Discretionary access control (DAC), Mandatory Access Control (MAC), and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC). The report will address the positive and negative aspects of each access control method and recommend an access control model to be adopted for the company.

Discretionary Access Control (DAC)

Discretionary access control method enforces the principle that the creator of the object is the owner of the object. The owner has full control of the object, so the owner has the discretion to grant permissions (rights) on ...

Apple knows how to create buzz when it is about to launch a new product or when they have just launched the product. This is evident from the tweet and posts from other social media platform cascades. The outburst in social media platforms and the cascading stock prices just before the release of the products are not mere coincidences or unrelated. Apple has its grip on the market and is doing things right based on the hype created. Apple seems always to dominate the media, the customer hearts as well as their minds while other companies are trying really ...

In this article "Liking is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts", Jonathan Franzen tries to give an overall view of the advantages and the disadvantages of new technology and particularly the ubiquitous computing devices. He compares his current BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry Pearl that he previously owned. I agree with Franzen that the experience that one gets with new technology is marvelous regarding clarity, speedy regarding response and beguiling regarding the graphical outlook. He outlines precisely how new technology makes life easier compared to the previous one through late-model gadgets and the incredibly cool things that people do with ...

Importance of Strategic Management and Competitiveness

Importance of Strategic Management and Competitiveness

Introduction

The starting point of Apple Inc. is none other than the legendary Steve Jobs. Jobs and Steve Wozniak, were actually two friends living in the Silicon Valley, who were secondary school dropouts. The extent of imagination of these two young minds was simply exemplary. The pair decided to work together and start a company and this marked the birth of the world’s leading technology giant Apple. The company’s operations started the cellar of Job’s house in Silicon Valley. It was on the 1st of April, 1976 that the duo created ...

Jeff Haden in his article tries to debunk the myth of following our passion. He said that it is easy to feel passionate about your goals until you are no longer passionate about it. People always confuse their hobby or interest with passion. According to him, a passion which can turn into a career is rare. I think the main them of the article is to enable one to differentiate passion from a hobby or a career option. He made the distinction between a job, a career, and a calling (Haden, 2012, paragraph 15). Jobs pay bills; careers are ...

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The wireless communication system through which workstations and computers exchange data with each other is called wireless network. In this network radio waves are used as the transmission medium. Wireless network gives freedom to move from one place to another with mobiles, laptops etc. without the loss of network connectivity and without any need of wires. Wireless network can be used many areas like universities, hospitals, banks, shops, organizations, airports, coffee shops etc, therefore the need arises to protect the wireless network from any unauthorized access. Various security protocols have been defined like WEP, 802.1x standard, WPA and WPA2. ...

When leader’s master the ethical challenges associated with leadership, they cast light. However, when leaders abuse power, withhold privileges, fail to be reliable, abandon their duties, misplace or fail to be faithful to loyalties, or lack to manage information, they cast shadows. Leaders are often faced by ethical dilemmas and. When faced by these dilemmas, leaders portray various qualities that cast light. This paper is aimed at identifying various ethical dilemmas that have an impact on managerial decisions. In order to achieve this, this paper will examine three peer reviewed articles on ethical dilemmas facing leaders. Many ethical ...

Introduction

This paper will critically analyze and review the biography of the American entrepreneur, Steve Jobs a founder of Apple and its CEO until his death in 2011. Steve Jobs is known for having two separate spells with Apple – first as its founder in 1976 and secondly, as a visionary leader who turned the company around in 1997 when it was under serious crisis. The purpose of this paper is to conduct a review and assessment of how the company was founded and ran and how it became successful under Steve Jobs. This will include the examination of the situation ...

Marketers cannot create real needs as they are internal states, but they can definitely shape them as well as wants and must haves. For example, the physiological needs of food and clothing are essential for people, but the other thing is what exactly a person would want to eat or wear. These wants can be created and shaped by marketers. It is done by different means of advertising and regular introduction of some new products. Marketers create the value of the product for consumers as well as give them reasons to buy it. In my opinion, marketers play a ...

Introduction

The objective of this paper is to answer the four questions raised in the case study on strategic positioning. Question 1 (a): Using Porter’s generic strategies, explain how Sainsbury is positioned relative to its competitors. Answer: In 1985, Michael Porter suggested three main strategic alternatives for firms (Hawks, 2016). These three strategies are cost leadership, differentiation and focus strategies. In the cost leadership and differentiation strategies, the target market is broader and industry level. The cost leadership strategies, as the name suggests, focuses on offering products and services at a lower cost than competitors. Differentiation strategy involves ...

a, Are you allowed to stream two or more videos simultaneously? When an individual purchases the video, they are allowed to stream their videos through any devices that can work with the streaming service. However, only two videos are allowed to be streamed from one Amazon account. For the rental videos, the same limitations apply except that the watching rights are limited to a time-specific window. b, Are you allowed to watch the same video to several devices simultaneously? Amazon users holder can only a single video to a single device at an instant. Nonetheless, an account holder can ...

Research Paper

Research Paper

Introduction

High Technology Corporation (HTC) is an established maker of a variety of electronic components, and it serves an international market. HTC is now fully-integrated wireless communication service for worldwide use. However, to establish its brand in the global market, it has to dominate in its B2B activities. In this regard, it is useful if HTC invests in a global electronic brand in the international market. In the assignment, Apple Inc. has been selected for investment by HTC. The paper would conduct the financial assessment of Apple from a comparative perspective, to provide investment feasibility for HTC.

Background and Industry

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Introduction to Computing

Evaluating applications (25 points) Question 1 Question 2 TeamViewer is a Windows software that allows users to connect with multiple workstations remotely (Staff par 1). There are several software in the market that provides remote networking, but TeamViewer stands out amongst them. It is extremely accessible and powerful to the user. It does not require special instructions to install and network computers or extra help from other people. TeamViewer works by setting up a remote network, then connecting other workstations to it through IP addresses. The network can view anyone’s desktop and copy files from their computer as ...

Sigmund Freud’s research on personalities came up with three types of personalities based on how individuals relate to the world. The three personalities that he came up with include obsessive, erotic and narcissistic personalities. Erotic individuals seek to be loved and want their work environment to be based on team-orientation whereby everybody feels close enough as a family. Obsessive personality is based on rules and what is right and looks for ways to improve more knowledge. Narcissists, on the other hand, take pride in what they accomplish and do what they ought to do at any cost and ...

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Business - Model Female Leader Award Introduction Leadership qualities that influence across cultures dead or alive have qualities that inspire, direct, challenge, and effectively change the world founded in strong ethical practices. Rhodes et al, (2005) describes how “converging political, industrial, and economic characteristics” aligned to ethical leadership practices prove effective (p. 87). The following is an academic exercise – a learning task demanding critical thought, organizational aptitude, and specific objectives toward achieving a better understanding about the human experience and what distinguishes leadership qualities influencing people across cultures.

Oprah Winfrey

Billionaire Oprah Winfrey is an internationally recognized first African American billionaire. ...

This paper substantiates the insights espoused by Enrico Moretti that the level of economic success depends on a number of factors, such as: education, productivity, and salary. These factors related greatly to geography, that is, where you live and work (Moretti 3). According to Moretti, a worker’s educational level and skills will determine his salary and on the economic progress of other individuals around him/her. Depending on the geographic location, the economic success between two individuals shows significant variances. Workers in developed cities, where innovation proves to be the driver in labor productivity, earn up to three times ...

In January 2011, Steve Jobs announced that he would be going on medical leave to focus on his health, this raised concerns about the future leadership of Apple. This is because Steve Jobs was the founder of the company and was credited with the company’s innovation culture that led to its competitive success. During this time, the succession plan of the company remained a secret; several advantages are seen by employing this type of approach. Secrecy in succession planning does not have negative impacts on the business giving competitors an unfair advantage. This was seen in 2009 when ...

Apple Inc. VS. Samsung Co., Ltd. APPLE INC. VS. SAMSUNG CO., LTD Apple Inc. and Samsung Co. are some of the leading organizations in the entire world. Whereas Apple Inc. is an American international technology firm with its headquarters in California, Samsung Company is a South Korean international technology company with its headquarters in Suwon. Even though these two leading organizations are from the same industry, they have similarities and differences regarding how they are managed. Therefore, this paper aims to compare and contrast the management of these two organizations under the following sections.

Analysis of the Organizations’ Macro-environment

The macro-environment of an organization ...

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Economic: 6 Social: 6 Technological: 6 Environmental: 7 Legal: 7 - SWOT Analysis. 7

Strength. 8

Weakness. 8 Opportunities. 9 Threats. 9 4) Competitive Strategy Analysis: Five Forces, Value Chain Strategy Clock. 9

A) Five Forces: 9

Threat of new entrants: 10 Threat of substitute products and services: 10 Bargaining power suppliers: 10 Bargaining power of buyers: 11 Rivalry among existing competitors: 11 Recommendations: 11 B) Value Chain: 12 C) Strategic Clock: 12 5) The Further Suggestions. 13

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Samsung: Strategic Management: Business Report. 1) Samsung: Introduction and Background of the Topic. Samsung Group (in future SG) is the Korean global company - well known ...

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Enter Name of University Introduction The company, Apple was created by Steven Wozniak and Steve Jobs in the late 1970’s. Around this time era, the partners introduced to consumers and the business world, the personal computer which was a Macintosh; as well as improving the design of floppy disk and helped to shape the speed and reliability of hard drives on computers. The nature of the company is based on the creation of modern technology, hardware and software which appeal to individuals of all ages, whether if the technology is utilized for personal or professional usage. Their most ...

1. Apple Maggots are pests that infest apples. The insect breeds and lays its egg on the fruit. The maggots that hatch from these egg feed on the fruit and drop to the soil, where they pupate. Adult insects fly to the apple tree once again, to breed and lay eggs on the fruit. Hawthorn maggot is a species that diverged from apple maggots. They show a preference for Hawthorn fruit, over apple. The speciation of Hawthorn maggot from Apple maggot, is an example of sympatric speciation. Sympatric speciation occurs due to reproductive isolation. 2. Though Hawthorn and Apple ...

ATTENTION GAINER: As I speak, there will be people amongst us who would be checking their phones and if not checking they would be thinking of the one email that needs to be sent or that one application you heard about. Today’s generation is more dependent on technology than any of the generations that existed or have existed before us. We can hardly imagine life without the gadgets around us. Let me prove my point with the following example. SIGNIFICANCE (SOURCE): A Phoenix-based CEO of The J Brand Group, Jenn Hoffman, while giving an interview over breakfast ...

Motivation is a primary need for employees to appreciate their jobs and have optimal performance. Employees are motivated differently. There are those motivated by money while others are not motivated by money but by being recognized and rewarded (Lauby, 2005). Although money, as a form of extrinsic motivation, is one of the main reasons why people go to work every day, the workplace is a bit different since it relies on staff motivation to achieve a high level of productivity from the employees, which on the other hand increases revenue. Motivation can be defined as the different processes that ...

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is mandated with conducting scientific research on the health and safety issues in the workplace environment and provide the necessary guidance to prevent illnesses and injuries. This research paper focused on accessing the accuracy of the smartphone sound measurement applications available on the iOS and Android platforms. These applications (apps) were assessed to determine whether they can be appropriately used for noise measurement in the workplace. The study acquired a representative sample from the population of popular tablets and smartphones available in the market (Kardous & Shaw, 2014). The tablets and ...

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Social Auditing 3 Environmental Auditing 3 II. The necessity of social and environmental auditing for all businesses 4

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Key Features of Social and Environmental Auditing Social Auditing As we know, it needs to determine the form of cooperation between all partners of this relationship: the employee, the employer, the state for effective functioning and development of social and labor relations. In this case, the social auditing is considered as a tool to implement the main principles of social partnership. Integrated social audit aims to solve such tasks as determination the characteristics of social relations in the enterprise, identification the ...

Microsoft’s Advertising Activities

The core purpose of advertising campaigns is to promote products or services with the purpose of influencing sells growth, but for succeeding in doing so, advertisers must know their target audience and customize the commercial message to fit their communication register (Hofeman and Bateson, 2010). For a company like Microsoft, which benefits of long – lasting worldwide presence through iconic hardware accessories and software programs, communication needed to adjust to different environments and social changes. This is why, there can be observed various trends in Microsoft’s advertising campaigns over the years. Nevertheless, an important aspect that contributes to its ...

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Strategic resource management refers to the art and ability to managing and maintaining the capital present in an organization. It entails planning on how to acquire, store, use as well as dispose of the resources an organization uses in the course of doing business. The management is directed towards the achievement of the organizational goals. It helps to deal with quality, commitment, culture and matching resources available to the future needs of an organization. Information technology is one of the resources available for companies to use so as to improve their business. Used in the right way and at ...

The manner in which we make decisions on which products to consume is reliant on a variety of factors. These factors come into play and influence our decision-making mechanism of deciding which product to consume and which not to. Behavioral psychologists and marketing scholars have identified several relationships that are determinant of our consumption routines. These are; our consumption and well-being, consumption and identity, consumption and our emotions and consumption and our beliefs and attitudes (Saad, 2010). These relationships do not all come into play when deciding which product to consume; there are some which are dominant determinants of ...

This small summary will analyze the opinions, attitudes and behaviors of the U.S. millennials towards the smartphones and new brands in particular based on different secondary sources, which will help to make the conclusion whether the decision to “go or not go” with a launch of Xiaomi phones in the US. Millennials is an increasingly important segment for all the brands in the United States. Nielsen says there are about 80 million of millennials in the U.S. and they have $200 billion of U.S. buying power, which is huge, however, the mature consumers have $3.2 trillion buying power. Millennials ...

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Company history, Economy and Competition What is the recent history of the company? Apple Inc. is a multi-national company founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1976 in California, USA. Jobs and Wozniak were high school friends who dropped out of college together to venture into the computer technology industry in 1976. The company started off with the launch of a simple Apple I computer in 1976 but has now gained enough momentum to be labeled as the most admired company and valuable brand in the world. The Company ...

Negotiating is a communication process in which parties discuss issues, offers, or problems and attempt to reach a solution, resolution or another certain outcome. Negotiations occur every day, in life and in business, formally and informally. Negotiations occurring in everyday life take varying courses due to several factors such as the style of negotiation being employed, the stakes involved in the conflict issue, the strategies adopted by the negotiators and the mediators among others. There are different negotiation strategies and styles, such as positional bargaining, positional bargaining, principled negotiations (integrative negotiations), competing, collaborating, compromising, avoiding and accommodating and so ...

Personal Development Plan

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN While my first career step will be finding work as a dental lab technician, that is not where I want my career arc to stay. I plan to open my own business providing dental lab analysis services to dental practices all over the world. Attaining that degree of success will require a great deal of leadership on my part. The purpose of this paper is to show how I plan to develop myself into the sort of business professional who can attain these results.

Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple, is my source of inspiration when ...

The monopolistic condition is a market condition in which many small operators exist in the market selling competitive(similar but not identical) products. Product differentiation is a primary characteristic of the monopolistic industry. Many sellers make independent decisions regarding price and output based on the market and the cost of production. Knowledge is widely spread among customers, but it is not likely to be perfect. Grocery stores or supermarkets are one of the classic examples of imperfect competition. There are a plethora of products available for different brands, different packaging, and different customer loyalty. Among available items are also ...

Path – goal theory is a leadership theory that specifies leadership style whose main aim is to achieve set goals through enhancing working environment for employees. It seeks to motivate, satisfy and empower employees so as to increase their productivity in the firm. Leader – member exchange theory is a leadership theory that focuses on the relationship between managers and their employees. It suggests that the relationships between managers and their employees are classified into three stages. These are role taking, role making, and routinization. Transformational leadership is a type of leadership style whereby managers work with their subordinates to come ...

Mass Culture

Popular culture is determined by other people and is observed from the perspective of the individuals rather than from those people who seek support over them. It emerged as a result of a group of individuals with shared interest. It is influenced by industrialization and commercialization. The development of technology and the production of the industry influence mass culture; however, it is asserted that it creates issues in regards to traditional concepts about society’s art and its cultural role. Popular culture is created not because of the mass production of automobiles or cultural products, but by the mass ...

I choose to Invest in Apple Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and Yahoo! Inc. The Ticker Symbols for Apple Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and Yahoo! Inc. are AAPL, WMT, and YHOO respectively. As of January 22, 2016 for AAPL stock price rose by 5.12% to close at $101.42, WMT rose by 1.31% to close at $62.69, while YHOO rose by 1.50% to close at $29.70 (Morning Star). I decided to purchase 100 shares of each company bringing my total investment to $19,386 ($101.42 x 100+ $62.69 x100 +$29.75 x 100. I choose Apple Inc. because I love their products ...

It is not a secret that women are a marginalized community. Even in the twenty first century, women get paid less than men for identical work. All around the world, giving birth to a girl child is rarely celebrated in the same victorious vein as that of a male baby. The United States often referred to as the super power of the world, is yet to produce a female president. These are only a handful of examples of women occupying subordinate positions in relation to men. Unfortunately, however, this marginalization is only the beginning of a downward spiral. The ...

Potential Political Impact:

One of the political issues that may hit Apple is related to taxation. Having one of the highest cash balances in the corporate sector demands the Company to be tax-liable, which is heavy in case of the native economy. Another major political issue is related to its China dependence. This means that the production of Apple is highly dependent on the situation of politics and society in China (Dudovskiy, 2015). The implication of finding an alternative to manufacturing in China would be an increase in the prices. The market share of the Company could also be affected by the ...

Strategic management: Apple Inc

Introduction Apple Inc is founded by Steve jobs, Ronald Wayne, and Steve Wozniak in 1976. It is an American multinational technology organization headquartered in California, US. The firm designs, manufactures, develops, and markets potable digital players of music, personal computers, and related products. The company is considered as the most valuable organization of the world as it has beaten the Google, Microsoft, and Samsung in term of sales, market capitalization, profitability, and assets. The sales of the company top in April 2015 with $200 billion. The company became public as it has registered common stocks listed in NASDAQ national ...

(First Name Last Name) It is undeniable that modern innovations have catalysed our way of living. As technologies get better, we have difficulties in choosing which brands to trust and gadgets to buy. In the world of computers, the two main contenders are the laptop and tablet. Some of us may still have that good ol’ desktop computer sitting in our homes. During the advent of laptops, we were amazed that computers can really be that handy. Smartphones also paved the way for better communications since the appearance of generic cellular phones by adding productivity applications, camera, music player, ...

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Mobile computing has grown exponentially in the last few years due to several factors including the growth of service work in Western society and the need for co-operation between many parties in the work force . These factors require increased use of information technology and physical interaction thus leading to the need for mobile computing. Mobile computing devices are a common and it is more common than not to have internet access available on these devices via a wide variety of connection methods. This paper presents the different connection methods, how they work and gives examples of where the various ...

In the modern world, there is an increasing demand for well-organized and motivated teams. People who work in teams are really efficient within the business environment. Usually, good teams are chosen to perform the tasks rather than single individuals, especially in the innovative spheres. Such groups include professionals with different skills who seek to achieve the best general results. Through the team cooperation it is easier to avoid serious mistakes. That is why employers prefer to hire teams for working on some specific projects. Therefore the best teams are more likely to get the jobs, but let us to ...

Strengths of AT & T

AT&T organization offer a wide range of products to the public, over time the organization has diversified and divided in to specialized companies including; AT&T bell laboratories; AT&T consumer products; AT&T international; AT&T network systems; AT&T technology systems. Some of these products include home phones, wireless, U-verse and directives. This works to their advantage because usually most people would like to find all they want at a definite place. Having variety of products also enables the company to gain profit from all the products. The diversity of products also offers security to the company in that if one company ...

Both Google and Apple companies are well-known and, for sure, are desperately desired to be owned. Both of the companies are representing the technology products and are considered as main drivers of their field. However, if to choose one company to invest into, my preference would fall for Google. For sure, Apple shows an impressive financial performance: as per a slow start in 2014 by the end of 2015 the company’s stock has gained 40%. Its cell phones and personal computer sales are constantly growing at a rapid paste. Moreover, it is seen as the World’s Most ...

Introduction

Today, Uber is operating in fifty-four countries. It is one of the quickest growths in the world. The rapid growth of the company is changing the industry as well as the taxi drivers. Not only does Uber fit in to today’s competitive marketplace, it is shaping tomorrow’s marketplace. There are several different ways a business can make money. Technological changes have a significant impact on this. Uber’s success has changed the way business think about the global marketplace. Uber was able to strive in a struggling economy. The idea behind of Uber is not like the ...

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Abstract This paper will make an effort to establish the social responsibility and role a business enterprise, especially and big and successful one, has to play. This is important as both the society and the business cannot exist and thrive without each other.

The Social Responsibility of Business

The Apple Corporation(AC) was basically the vision of Mr. Steve Jobs, who had the Far sightedness to visualise the benefits the business would get and also took upon the company the social obligation of giving back to the society some of the gains. The vision was

The AC, is in effect a huge production, distribution and selling network spread out

over many countries of the world. It binds the ...

“China’s biggest startup is in a heap of trouble.” – CNN Money.

Description of Event

In an article published in CNN Money, the news was revealed that China’s topmost Smartphone manufacturing company Xiaomi is currently facing a downfall and stagnancy in its growth as compared to its previous records. The company is China’s largest as well as the cheapest market for Smartphones and gadgets which helped it earn huge profits at the beginning of its launch five years ago however the sales are not very promising as of today. The strategy that has been employed by the company is to ...

Informative Presentation

Foxconn is a Taiwanese electronics contract manufacturing organization, known to be the largest contract manufacturer of electronics in the world. For several years, Foxconn was accused of labor rights violation from several employees and social groups. They are known to keep employees in dormitories that are overcrowded and protected by military style security forces. Labor is expected to work for long hours without any compensation for the overtime, which Foxconn claims are a voluntary exercise. Management controls all aspects of their workers’ personal lives and many times interfere with their private life. Foxconn is the largest private employer in ...

Biographical Information and Company Founded

Mihal Lazaridis famously known as Mike Lazaridis is a Canadian entrepreneur born on March 14, 1961. He is credited for co-founding Blackberry, the company that makes the Blackberry smartphones and other wireless handheld devices. Lazaridis was born in Turkey to Greek parents. The family moved to Canada in 1966 when young Lazaridis was just five years old. In 1984, Lazaridis was awarded a contract by General Motors to develop a network computer control system after he sends his proposal. It was in this same year that he was slated to graduate. However, he dropped out of the University of ...

E-Business Strategy: Model Characteristics

The case for e-business cannot be overemphasized. In order for companies to perform sustainably in current business ecosystem, key characteristics are required for an integrated strategy. Further, an independent (but integrated) e-business strategy should be in place in order to manage products and/or service more effectively across different online and offline platforms and channels. For current purposes, focus is laid on key characteristics for an e-business strategy. Notably, an effective e-business strategy should cover main areas, namely: micro-targeting, personalization, content innovation, customized browsing experience, channel integration and investment in mobile (Evans). By identifying specific niche markets in an online ...

Leadership and management are two of the most debated concepts in business. Many often confuse and use the two interchangeably; however, there are many differences between both. According to the Harvard Business Journal, management is, “a set of well-known processes, like planning, budgeting, structuring jobs, staffing jobs, measuring performance and problem-solving, which help an organization to predictably do what it knows how to do well” (Kotter, 2013). Management helps a company produce the products or services and do so in a consistent manner on a day-to-day schedule (Kotter, 2013). Leadership is a lot more difficult to define because it ...

Apple Incorporated announced the last quarter of their financial information on October 2015. Apple’s revenue has increased this 2015; they accumulated revenue worth $51.5 billion quarterly, and the net profit that was accumulated quarterly was worth of 11.1 billion USD. Last year, the corporation has accumulated their quarterly revenue of 42.1 billion USD, and the net profits that were accumulated quarterly were worth 8.5 billion. The Apple’s overall gross margin is 38 percent in 2014, which has increased by 1.9 percent in 2015. The quarterly revenue of Apple Incorporated came from the international sales (62 percent of ...

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MN1305 1. Brand Equity: Background The growing complexity of business across borders has made brand enhancement more necessary. Given how brands, local and global, are increasingly exposed to risks of manipulation, unlicensed extensions or unauthorized adoption (particularly abroad), safeguards against possible breaches are more and more adopted and implemented. The case for brand management cannot, in fact, be overemphasized. As products and/or services are becoming increasingly valued based not only on physical or concrete attributes but also, significantly, based on brand associations in consumer mind. If in conventional branding methods, physical or concrete attributes are comparatively easier in measurement ( ...

Overview of IEEE 802.1 Higher Layer LAN Protocols Working Group

The IEEE 802.1 Working Group is responsible for the development of standards and recommended methods in the areas of 802 LAN/MAN architecture, internetworking among 802 LANs, MANs and other wide area networks, 802 Security, 802 overall network management, and protocol layers above the MAC & LLC layers (Ieee802.org, 2016). Each Working Group comprises of charters which have some stated goals and tasks .These usually permanent and exist until they accomplish their goals. Currently, IEEE 802.1 Working Group comprises of following four subgroups:

Security: One of the projects is development of MAC security key agreement protocol (MKA) extensions (ADP). The group ...