All
of the dynamic capabilities of the organization also help it to gain more
competitive advantage in the market. The Brand strength Apple provides it with immense
marketplace visibility and helps consumer loyalty building. The strong branding
of Apple, and the products interrelationships, give confidence to the customers
to buy products from Apple. The Apple Products for example iPad, iPhone, and
Mac contribute to same software, and function in alike way, that is making the
Apple a good choice of other alternatives in the market. The Apple has a deep-rooted
status for innovation and highly advanced technology products. The Apple Inc.
developed the GUI, for the first time in the mobile phones, initiates iPod
music player and introduced completely new technological innovation for the Smartphones.
The Apple is not following the crowd, they always go for the innovation and
that’s why their customers are very loyal towards them (PANZARINO,
2012).
A main
competitive advantage of Apple Inc. is its aptitude to build up more innovative
technological products that have almost the same operating system, applications
and software. This approach of Apple reduces the timescale, risk and expenditure
of development of product. It also enables the Apple to set up new products and
always be exceptional from competition in the market. The Apple innovation and
technological strategies are manufacturing the products that are compatible
with each other and also build up customer loyalty to build a fence for
competition. The company’s biggest competitive advantage is its technological innovation
that helps the company to be exceptional and satisfy the demands of customers (Linton, 2018).
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