Industry Analysis: Apple ComputersEssay Preview: Industry Analysis: Apple ComputersReport this essayAnalyzing the computer industry from 1995 to 2005 seemed to be like analyzing a game of chest between the major competitors. The development is noticeable and the shaping of different corporate strategies could be sensed easily thanks to the different approaches toward the movement of the industry that the companies had; some of them shaped it, some followed it and some helped it grow. In order for us to analyze the computer industry during the up said time period, we will consider porterпіÐs five forces analysis, though static, it helps improve oneпіЅs understanding of the setting and the conditions of such. PorteпіЅs five forces constituted the analysis of the new entrants to the industry as the barriers that can occur and the rivalry that represents it, the supplierпіЅs and buyerпіЅs power and the threats from substitute products. With this in mind, in order to determine if the industry is attractive or not we need to understand the pulling of these forces and therefore the profit potential of such industry. Since we are mainly concerned with Apple computers, we will alternate also with the position of the company and its defense against these forces giving a setting for recognizing the companyпіЅs corporate strategy.
By 1995 the computer industry was a relatively new industry with a history of around 20 years only, a considerable time for a technology based industry, but still not a mature industry. On the other hand, by 2002 the industry was all ready a піЅ$220 billion global industryпіЅ showing how піЅfrom its earliest days in the mid 1970піЅs, the industry had experienced explosive growthпіЅ and presenting the industry as a very attractive industry with capability of even more growth. Even with this growing strength, there was a great presence of economies of scale, if a new company were to enter this industry it would have to face
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