Apple Inc Case Study

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Introduction: Apple Company is a California company founded in 1977. The Company designs , manufactures , and markets mobile communication and media products , PCs , and movable electronic digital music players , as well as offers a range of pertinent software program , services , accessories , networking solutions , and third-party electronic content material and applications . Apple Company is amongst the most important technological developers in the entire world. The company produces and sells PC and technological innovation devices such the properly know Mac, iPod, iPhone, iPad as well as software and hardware applications. Apple company possesses designed a selling strategy by the generation of online retailers , direct sales factors , third party wholesalers and distributors for most of the nations around the globe . Apple Company works under a collaborative structure. A collaborative business framework was created to bring in parties collectively in long-standing relationships to attain common goals. Teamwork contributes to more innovative idea, by achieving to this new structure Apple has open the entrance doors for innovation and new concepts from their personnel.

Task 1-A

Sector: consumer goods

Industry: electronic equipment (Finance.yahoo.com, 2015).

Apple belongs to public sector.

Characteristics of Public Sector Enterprises:

• Ownership: Ownership of the enterprise has to be conferred with the State..
• Control: Public Government control public enterprise, both its management as well as its functioning.
• Accountability: Public Enterprises are liable to people because people those enterprises finance by the public.
• Public Enterprises perform with utmost “autonomy” under particular situations.
• Coverage:  Public enterprise negotiates all extents and activities (Kumar, 2015) Apple offer variety of programs with special offer on apple products for local and government employees at their website containing special section. Apple works with many government organizations in order to assist them, areas as multimedia and collaboration areas. Apple is public limited company who offers his stock in market to public. Apple is unique, innovative and growing companies who grp the maximum market share in rapidly within IT, Hardware, Telecommunication and Personal computer industry. Growth rates of Apple recommend its success in globally so it is not a loss to invest in company while analyzing its growth trend over years. Its brand is considered to be a status image for people.

Task 1 (C)

Internal environment of apple needs to pay attention on SWOT analysis of Apple Inc.

Strength: Apple with loyal customer base, highly sophisticated supply chain, market leader characteristics of introducing innovative, unique, attractive products before its competitors. Billions of cash reserved for research and development.

Weaknesses: High prices relative to other competitors products. Apple compels its user switch to its new product by declining its support from previous products.