1. Introduction Apple Inc.‚ is known to be one of the world’s most valuable companies. It is a multi-national company with a worldwide presence; approximately 72‚800 employees and total net sales of $156 billion in the year 2012 (Apple annual report‚ 2012). Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak‚ both college dropouts‚ founded this corporation in 1976 - “Steve Jobs‚ helped to transform the way in which the computer is used today through his creation of the first computer processing unit and his creative
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PESTEL Analysis on Apple Inc. In analysing the macro-environment‚ it is important to identify the factors that might influence the organisation’s demand and supply levels and its cost (Kotter and Schlesinger‚ 1991; Johnson and Scholes‚ 1993). A PESTEL is one of the frameworks that help to understand market growth or decline‚ business position‚ potential and direction for operations (Kotler‚ 1998). PESTEL analysis is also useful when entering a new market or starting business operations in a new
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APPLE PESTEL ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS Political These refer to government policy such as the degree of intervention in the economy Apple‚ being a Cupertino based company in California‚ is subject to American laws and regulations. These include taxation laws and product manufacturing regulations. Economic * These include interest rates‚ taxation changes‚ economic growth‚ inflation and exchange rates. For example: - higher interest rates may deter investment because it costs more
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PESTEL analysis The forces in the external environment affect the way a business operates and the choices it makes to improve its performance. PESTEL Analysis for Apple Political factors • It is reported that in 2007 52% of sales were from countries outside America. Bad international relations might influence apple in a negative manner. • Apple produces its products outside America such as in China‚ political conflicts between America and such a country could lead to serious
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PESTEL analysis Political/Legal Environment Over the past several years‚ there has seen a plethora of patent lawsuits within the smartphone industry. In the highlycompetitive environment‚ manufacturers of handsets have been aggressive in protecting their intellectual properties by suingcompetitors by claiming infringements on patents. For example‚ in March 2010‚ Apple sued HTC for allegedly infringing on20 Apple patents (Weil‚ 2010). Apple also sued Nokia in 2010 for similar patent infringements("Patent
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PEST & PESTEL Analysis D EFIN ITIO N “P ES T A N A LY S IS – A N A N A LY S IS O F TH E P O LITIC A L‚ EC O N O M IC ‚ S O C IA L A N D TEC H N O LO G IC A L FA C TO R S IN TH E EX TER N A L EN V IR O N M EN T O F A N O R G A N IZ ATIO N ‚ W H IC H C A N A FFEC T ITS A C TIV ITIES A N D P ER FO R M A N C E.” [1] “P ES TEL M O D EL IN V O LV ES TH E C O LLEC TIO N A N D P O R TR AYA L O F IN FO R M ATIO N A B O U T EX TER N A L FA C TO R S W H IC H H A V E‚ O R M AY H A V E‚ A N IM PA C T O N B U
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International Journal of Business and Management; Vol. 7‚ No. 24; 2012 ISSN 1833-3850 E-ISSN 1833-8119 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education Developing a Multi-Criteria Decision Making Model for PESTEL Analysis İhsan Yüksel1 1 Department of Business Management ‚ Kırıkkale University‚ Kırıkkale‚ Turkey Correspondence: İhsan Yüksel‚ Department of Business Management‚ Kırıkkale University‚ 7140 Kırıkkale‚ Turkey. Tel: 90-318-3573860. E-mail: yuksel@kku.edu.tr Received:
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PESTEL Analysis In this part all factors‚ which influence the company as a whole but are out of their direct control including wider social‚ political and economic factors shall be explained. The analysis of those factors of the macro-environment is therefore often known as PESTEL analysis.3 PESTEL is an acronym for the six key strategic areas of change: Political‚ Economic‚ Social‚ Technological‚ Ecological and Legal and a technique for understanding the various external influences on a business4
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goods in the global marketing is extremely challenging. Discuss the major political‚ economic‚ socio-cultural‚ technological‚ legal and ecological challenges that a global marketing manager may have to contend with? The following analysis known as the PESTEL analysis is a framework used to scan the organization’s external macro environment which refers to forces that are part of the larger society and affect the micro environment. Selling and marketing goods in the global market intensifies these
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PESTEL Analysis The PESTEL framework evaluates the external environment variables to identify general opportunities and risks of particular strategies. 3.1 Political With selling cars in 17 countries ‚Tesla Motors has to deal with distinctive political patterns influencing its business operations.One of the major political factors affecting the industry is environmental protection laws to induce production of more environmental cars to meet strict emission levels. The second important factor is US government energy loan programs for
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