Course: Strategy and Innovation Mini Case Study: Apple
Course: Strategy and Innovation Mini Case Study: Apple
Course: Strategy and Innovation Mini Case Study: Apple
1. Explain Apple’s success over the last decade. Think about which industries it
Over the last decade, Apple has contributed huge success in many industries.
First of all, Apple created a whole new division in the personal computer
marker, called Mac. With the concise and clean design of the product and
During the last three years, the most laptop brand that all the university
students use is Apple. Also, according to the LAPTOP, through 2011 to 2016,
Apple has remained their top brand for the seventh year in a row [ CITATION
Secondly, the success of iPod and iTunes dominated the portable music
player market. IPod with beautiful design, diverse product types and easy to
use operation, differentiate themselves from all the other products. All the
different color that iPod have, also the different sizes and function of the
product, iPod covers almost every market division in portable music player
market. More than that, before iPod and iTunes was released, no company
really could integrate the music player, the computer, and the software and
connected them[ CITATION Ric06 \l 2052 ], even the companies like SONY and
corporation with Apple, letting iPod to be played in the cars. Also, with the
trend of healthy life, people start exercising more and more often. Apple sees
the opportunities and provides products that suitable for using during the
Last but not the least, the introduction of iPhone, which blow up the
smartphone market. Among all the Android phones, Apple developed a whole
market. It is fairly simple and easy to use with very friendly user interface and
convenient apps. Also, it has the unbeatable operating speed over the
together. The iOS system is the base of the Apple watch, Apple TV, Apple
pay and possibly all the other future Apple products, which makes the users
of the other products want to have the iPhone to support or improve the other
products.
competitors in the market in order to get the uniqueness and attract those
developing the new ways to do things also is admired and contributes to their
success.
As digital products become more and more common in our daily lives, all
mentioned, definitely got help from the industry effects. However, other than
industry effects, firm effects are also very important to Apple’s success, since
Apple really did good job on standing out from the other companies in the
same industry. Apple is unique, special and creative. Among those industries,
Apple has a lot and strong competitors, such as Sony, Dell, HP, Nokia and
Blackberry, but it still got its success with clear positioning, creative products
3. What are the greatest challenges Apple is facing? Detail them by internal
and rapidly changing industry environment. The technology can always bring
external threats. For external threats, like the article mentioned, Apple’s
market, new brands like XiaoMi (Little Rice) and Huawei, are taking Apple’s
products brought Apple success, but it may also drug Apple down because of
its unable to work with the other devices. Since Apple products are so unique,
their cable, software, and hardware are all different than the others, whenever
catching up with new products or technology, unless they invent it. In addition
to that, the other companies will still try to make Apple undifferentiated, so
once Apple cannot catch up with the new technology or loses its uniqueness,
Apple will lose its competitive advantage, which will be the greatest challenge
strengths. If Apple could keep inventing the new revolutionary products and
technology or become the first implement of the new technology to keep its
uniqueness, Apple will be able to reverse all the threats and weaknesses
4. Apply the three-step process for developing a good strategy outlined above
would you have for Apple to outperform its competitors in the future? Be
specific.
With the current strategy that Apple has, I would recommend Apple to spend
more on its innovation and R&D apartment. Like I mentioned, if Apple want to
keep its competitive advantage, it must try to keep its uniqueness. So rather
than catching up with others and make them compatible with our products,
Apple should try to become the first implement of every new product and
create its own system with broadest and most complete product cycle, so that
Works Cited
Editors, L. (2016, March 24). Best & Worst Laptop Brands. Retrieved from LAPTOP :
http://www.laptopmag.com/articles/laptop-brand-ratings
LePage, R. (2006, Oct 23). Five reasons the iPod succeeded. Retrieved from Macworld:
http://www.macworld.com/article/1053505/ipodfive.html
Kursus: Strategi dan Inovasi
Studi Kasus Mini: Apple
mana yang terganggu dan bagaimana caranya. Lihat juga pesaing utama Apple.
dan fungsi produk yang berbeda, iPod mencakup hampir setiap divisi pasar di
pasar pemutar musik portabel. Lebih dari itu, sebelum iPod dan iTunes dirilis,
itu, banyak perusahaan otomotif juga menjalin kerja sama dengan Apple,
Apple, Apple TV, Apple membayar dan mungkin semua produk Apple masa
depan lainnya, yang membuat para pengguna produk lainnya ingin memiliki
kesuksesan mereka.
Saya pikir kesuksesan Apple adalah kombinasi dari efek industri dan efek
perusahaan .
Karena produk digital menjadi semakin umum dalam kehidupan kita sehari-
hari, semua industri terkait seperti komputer dan tablet, smartphone, kamera,
yang kuat, seperti Sony, Dell, HP, Nokia dan Blackberry, namun tetap
berhasil dengan positioning yang jelas, desain produk yang kreatif, dan
merupakan gabungan dari laptop dan tablet, sudah mengancam iPad secara
lunak, dan perangkat kerasnya berbeda dari yang lain, setiap kali ada produk
Apple. Namun, dengan cara ini, Apple akan selalu mengejar produk atau
ketika Apple tidak dapat mengejar ketertinggalan dengan teknologi baru atau
Secara relatif, ancaman dan kelemahan juga akan menjadi peluang dan
ini. Rekomendasi apa yang Anda miliki agar Apple mengungguli para pesaingnya di
Dengan strategi yang dimiliki Apple saat ini, saya akan merekomendasikan