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Apple under Tim Cook's leadership has done good since he was nominated the CEO of Apple on August 24, 2011 (when Steve Jobs resigned). Apple hasn't floundered; Apple hasn't stopped growing; Apple hasn't stumbled; Apple hasn't given up its crown as the world's most valuable company. Apple still generates a lot of cash every quarter. Apple is sitting with over $158 billion in cash . Apple would be the envy of any business in the world. Apple stock has done quite well since closing at $361.57 on August 24, 2011. Apple stock now sits at $536.86, or a gain of 48%. This should be pretty impressive for any company, and even more so for a large cap company. In the two and a half years since Tim Cook took over as Apple's CEO, the company's annual revenue has grown by about 58% , and its profits by about 40%. That compares favorably with many of its rivals, including Google, whose profits increased by about 25% in the same period. Why then Apple and Tim Cook are b...

Apple's Innovation Strategy - Learn How Apple Innovates Business Innovation eBook and Report Deployed by 1,000+ innovators worldwide! How did Apple, the #1 innovative company in the world, innovate and create game-changing innovations such as the iPod, iTunes, iPhone, iPad and more? What is Apple's secret recipe for innovation success? What is Apple's Innovation Strategy and Innovation Process? Download these Apple Innovation insights, case study and report, and innovate like Apple... and think like Steve Jobs, the top innovator and CEO of Apple (until 2011). "There's an old Wayne Gretzky quote that I love. 'I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.' And we've always tried to do that at Apple. Since the very very beginning. And we always will." — Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, Co-Founder and Chairman (1955-2011) Apple innovates through: •  Creativity and Innovation •  Innovation Process •  Innovation in Products •  Innovation i...

Ulrich Hackenberg, an automobile engineer at Volkswagen, has quite possibly designed the greatest innovation in automobile industry : A "global car" with "the same basic design that can be built, in subtle variations, and sold in different markets." Volkswagen's work on its largest mega-platform, known internally as MQB, began in earnest in 2007 and is being implemented over the next six years at a cost of nearly $70 billion, estimates Morgan Stanley. What is MQB? It's the largest mega platform, "a fundamental rethink of vehicle platforms, the industrial Lego from which cars are designed and made." " VW has just begun to implement its sophisticated and highly flexible platform with the deceptively simple label MQB, a German acronym for "modular transverse matrix." Virtually all of the group's small and medium front-wheel-drive family models, including the latest generations of the VW Golf and Audi A3, are being designed a...

11 Innovation Ideas To Change Apple " The most important thing to Apple is to make the best products in the world that enrich customers’ lives . That’s our high-order bid. That means that we aren’t interested in revenue for revenue’s sake. We could put the Apple brand on a lot of things and sell a lot more stuff, but that’s not what we’re here for. We want to make only the best products. " Apple CEO Tim Cook (during the Apple earnings call on January 23, 2013) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is one of the top 20 innovators of the Innovation Index .  Apple stock got hammered after the earning s, and many analysts are predicting rough seas in the quarter ahead. Some are even questioning CEO T im Cook's vision and strategy. ( Check my earlier article: Why is Apple getting killed ? ) Here are my 11 Innovation Idea s to Change Apple: 1. Real new innovations - Apple needs to go back to the drawing board and create breakthrough products. Not just basic product refreshes, and adding c...

Today, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock plunged $18.55 or was down 3.57% of total value. A spectacular drop by any measure !   Since beginning of 2013, Apple stock has lost $49 or roughly down 10% of total value. Even more remarkable is the fact that Apple stock is down over $200 from the high water mark of $705 set in September 2012, or about 28% down from the peak value. Is Apple going back up to $700, or is it destined to go down further? What drove today's slide?  Here is what Bloomberg story reported: "Apple Inc. declined to the lowest price in 11 months after the Nikkei newswire reported that production of the iPhone was cut on weak demand." The analysts love to play the herd mentality... Here is what Cramer is saying: ""Even as I see the stock come down to levels that are surprising on a valuation perspective, I can't see a reason to buy more" Cramer identified a handful of developments that may be a cause for concern: - The company has missed Str...