Company Information With only $1,300, Apple Inc. was founded privately in 1976 by Steve Wozinak and Steve Jobs. Because it was such a small company when it first opened, Apple Inc. was a private company, and it wasn’t until 1980 that this company went public. At the time, Apple had only a few computers known as the Apple I and Apple II series. Two years after going public, Apple was the first computer company to reach over $1 billion dollars in sales in the time span of only a year. It went public
Main Body Statement of Problems and Purpose of Analysis Apple Inc. in 2012: Can it sustain its growth and defend against new competitive threats? The purpose of analyzing Apple Inc. is to determine if as an international company operating in a competitive global market Apple can sustain its lead over its main competitors. Having looked at the strengths, weaknesses, opportunity and threats of Apple Inc. the analysis will focus on how the company will use its brand name and customer’s loyalty to gain
Introduction of company Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation (MNC) that designs and manufactures consumer electronics and computer software products. The company's best-known hardware products include Macintosh computers, the iPod and the iPhone. Apple software includes the Mac OS X operating system, the iTunes media browser, the iLife suite of multimedia and creativity software, the iWork suite of productivity software, Final Cut Studio, a suite of professional audio and film-industry
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Apple Computer’s 30-year history is full of highs and lows, which is what we would expect in a highly innovative company. They evolved throughout the years into an organization that is very much a representation of its leader, Steven Jobs. Apple made several hugely successful product introductions over the years. They have also completely fallen on their face on several occasions. They struggled mightily while Jobs was not a part of the organization. Apple reached a point where
Why invest in Apple Inc.? Daniel A. Martinez MGT 521 March 12, 2012 Diane Hunt Wagner Abstract This paper presents a brief discussion and analysis of Apple Inc. using the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) management model as a way of providing the reader an “at a glance” perspective prior to making a decision to invest in the firm. Some of the company’s financial figures obtained from its recently published 2011 unaudited financial reports such as the income statement
Apple Inc. has been able to continuously stay one step ahead of its competition by creating innovative and unique products that customers enjoy. Looking at the industry environment, stiff competition poses a large threat to Apple at this time, as well as rising labor costs in China, and third the ability of a company to imitate an Apple product. The main competitors to Apple are Samsung, Microsoft, and Google. One important external factor that is favorable for Apple at this time would be the continued
Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne on April 1,1976. Apple was incorporated as Apple Computer, Inc. in 1997 and later renamed Apple Inc. to highlight its shift in focus towards consumer electronics in 2007. Apple is the world 's largest information technology company by revenue, the world 's largest technology company by total assets, and the world 's second-largest mobile phone manufacturer. Apple became the first U.S. company to be valued at over US$700 billion.
n January of 1984, Apple Inc. released the first Macintosh personal computer to the public that significantly changed the personal computer world. Apple Inc. (Apple), the biggest information technology American firm in the world, was founded in California on April 1, 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. The firm started in the garage of Steve job’s home where the trio were inclined to build their own personal computer as the available ones were out of budget. Steve jobs formularized
Apple Inc. Business Report Apple Inc. is one of the largest U.S. corporations and a living legend of the computer world. This is a multinational corporation that designs consumer electronics, software, and personal computers on the market. Well-known hardware products include the best line of computers Macintosh, IPod, iPhone and IPad. It has a logo of bitten apple and associated brand name. The brand was officially registered by Steve Jobs
APPLE INC. Steve Jobs Apple Inc. Is an American company and also one of the largest companies across the world with highly valued technology which makes and sells many electronics including Mac software, personal computers and consumer electronics such as iPod, iPhone, iPad and Macintouch line of computers. On 1st April 1976 Apple Inc. was established and it almost 40 years. Further we will breakdown with its historical background. (Rawlinson, 2016) The history of Apple Inc. started with two friends