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Apple has great management in place to ensure their employees are not being wasteful, which is helping to ensure they remain profitable. Each year Apple releases a more advanced IPhone, which is costlier than the previous year, which is causing their revenue to continue to grow. They have implemented a device trade in program, which gives a credit for older model devices when customers upgrade. This allows them to resale

So naturally this is a good sign not just for Sony but for every other business out there. A stronger economy will lead to more sales and higher profits. Currently analysts believe that we may have a 4 percent growth rate in 2014 (The Associated Press). If this is the case we can expect better fiscal reports from Sony this year than 2013, sure the company is always losing money due to its failing cell phone department. Consumers account for 70 percent of our economy and if they have more buying power it will mean good news for the shareholders.

For example, when Apple make a new product, other companies such as Samsung or LG also come out with new products resulting in competition. Every company want people to just buy their products, so they would improve their products and lower the prices. As a result of competitions, people... ... middle of paper ... ...et economy is not the main cause of pollution, it is the factories. At last, market economy brings more benefits than the disadvantages. In conclusion, a market economy would be a better system for Mr. Robbins to use on his island, because it will benefits the businesses and the people.

The Apple Company has been able to re-align certain areas , due to success of its product lines, to collect a lot of money in cash. The company has over $100Bn in liquid assets avail on their balance sheet. They are often criticized by shareholders and investor about not investing in companies that support Apple, or even return the money via divide... ... middle of paper ... ...greener on the other side? I tell them... No... That is just the android logo you are looking at. Apple should continue to focus on developing and upgrading the existing iPhone and iPad products, but also look forward to the next “big thing".

Their own greatest problem is competing with itself, by selling more of their own Apple products, such as the iPhone having more sales then iPads (The Apple Case Study, 2013). The reason this happens is because Apple never stops developing better products. Every time Apple comes out with new model it is better in more than one category. The new iPad 5 has a... ... middle of paper ... ...ments (Venture Beat, 2013). This was not good when Apple only grew about half a percent while other tablets gain more ground on the iPad Tablet (Venture Beat, 2013).

This segment can either put Apple on the edge of advantage or decrease the company’s capabilities. Over the years, Apple has proven to be a giant in this field because of its innovative products and services. Apple always takes the led while its competitors follow suit, although this also poses to be challenge for the company, it took Google less than one year to replicate ApplePay, Google called it AndroidPay it has the same capacity to function just exactly like ApplePay. This shows that Apple’s products and services could be copied thereby reducing the uniqueness of the products. Because the short lifecycle of technology, Apple needs to keep upgrading its products and services to stay on the top of the game.

Apple listens to reviews from their customers to improve their technology such as increasing the micron pixals, making the phone/computer more compact and light weight, voice command, and many more. Apple has a strategic planning style where they space out their new products just enough so that they can make the most money and customer satisfaction on their products. Apple has many constituencies that make the company what it is today. With out them Apple would not be a success. Apple has price segmentation throughout the world but

Apple is known for purposely underestimating earnings, so it seems to be generally accepted that they will beat the forecasts. I feel that most of my points in my original analysis hold true, and the iPhone has had a huge impact on the price of the stock. I think it will take something pretty serious to stop AppleÕs momentum, assuming there are new products being introduced for the holidays and the earnings reports are favorable. If there is a new iPod and a lower-cost version of the iPhone introduced in time for the shopping season, it will be the biggest year yet for Steve Jobs and Apple.

People who seek to purchase new phone in emerging markets are price-sensitive, whereas Apple’s iPhone models are normally set at higher price due to their better quality and satisfying apps performances. Apple’s continues to target at high-end market, even when demand for lower-price devices accelerates in emerging markets, is the primary reason why it’s losing market share worldwidely. 2) Competitors offer a broader selection of designs and prices than Apple’s iPhone. Competitors of Apple included HTC, LG, Blackberry, and the core competitor is Samsung. Each of them has different sizes, prices, and technologies on their products.

Large firms such as Apple, Samsung and Xiaomi should sell their product at a reasonable pricing so that consumer objective will be achieved and more profits will be gained as the increase of consumers due to the reasonable price. Firms in the smartphone industry should also provide good quality and ensured safe products to the consumers. Furthermore, environmental concern is also another moral and ethical value. The smartphone industry firms should choose greener materials for their products as it causes pollution to the environment. Although dominant few firms in the industry is in the ethical guideline for environmental concern, it is also not fully environmental friendly.