On August 30, 2016, the European Commission (EC) concluded that Ireland and Apple, Inc. (Apple) had violated the European Union (EU) State Aid rules when Ireland granted tax advantages to Apple; therefore, the EC ordered the Irish government to collect up to €13 billion Euros ($15.3 billion...

This study aims to explore the inner workings of Apple Inc. to gain a deeper understanding of the company's success and to identify opportunities for further growth and improvement. Through an analysis of market trends, consumer behaviour, and Apple Inc.'s current marketing strategies, this...

This paper builds on Khan’s work on Amazon’s antitrust paradox by transferring her normative framework to Apple Inc. It explores the company’s anti-competitive business practices and main antitrust concerns, as well as the currently proposed reform measures. The paper argues that one of...

The main problem in pricing variance, volatility, and correlation swaps is how to determine the evolution of the stochastic processes for the underlying assets and their volatilities. Thus, sometimes it is simpler to consider pricing of swaps by so-called pseudo-statistics, namely, the...

This paper examines the relationship between tying and vertical integration when an input monopolist can require its downstream buyer to purchase a competitively supplied input from it, or integrate forward in the downstream market. We show tying is an imperfect substitute for vertical...

Many firms have been using the Brand Love tactic to attract as many clients as possible over a longer time than other rivals. This technique is considered to be one of the most successful and efficient marketing tactics, the effectiveness of this strategy lies in the company's asset, which is...

Cloud gaming represents a new model of video game distribution. It involves playing games that are streamed from a remote server (the cloud), and has the potential to revolutionize gaming as it is, at least in theory, device-agnostic, allowing AAA games to be played on any device with a...

Many firms have been using the Brand Love tactic to attract as many clients as possible over a longer time than other rivals. This technique is considered to be one of the most successful and efficient marketing tactics, the effectiveness of this strategy lies in the company's asset, which is...

The study was aimed at the production of apple (Malus pumila) fruit wine with the use of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolated from palm wine. Both primary and secondary fermentation of the apple lasted 28 days. Aliquot samples were removed and used daily from the fermentation tank for...

Recent years have been characterized by privacy regulations amid concerns of exploitative data collection and use, thereby also setting boundaries to the data economy that fuels today's ad-funded Internet. An example is Apple's App Tracking Transparency (ATT), which necessitates explicit consent...

Soil extracellular enzymatic stoichiometry, the ratio of soil enzyme activities related to the acquisition of nutrients such as carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P), which can reflect the demand for resources by microorganisms. However, how cover crop and chemical fertilizer shift...

The stress resistance and growth of the rootstock of grafted plants are influenced by scion traits, but the underlying mechanism is unclear in apple. Thus, we performed an RNA-seq analysis and examined the physiological and biochemical indices of seedlings generated by grafting wild-type (WT) or...

For the last several years, Apple has been defending tax strategies utilized in Ireland before the European Union (EU) General Court. The European Commission, using Article 107 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, argues that Ireland provides state aid to Apple regarding...

Peer effects can lead to better financial outcomes or help propagate financial mistakes across social networks. Using unique data on peer relationships and portfolio composition, we show considerable overlap in investment portfolios when an investor recommends their brokerage to a peer. We argue...

The paper is fictional account of how big tech might disrupt the wealth management industry. Wealth management’s existing investment framework was originally developed half a century ago for pension funds.This pension fund “operating system” (PF OS) works well for “agents” but not...

By making the App Store the only official channel for iPhone owners to buy apps, Apple has created the only market in which iPhone owners and app developers may transact their business. Apple exploits the bottleneck that it creates by imposing a 15 percent or 30 percent commission on...

With the most recent updates of its mobile operating systems, in April 2021 Apple implemented a new global App Tracking Transparency policy. The policy obliges app developers to display an additional (Apple-designed) prompt to request permission from end users for the developer to “track”...

Apple’s iOS 14 update represents an anti-competitive strategy disguised as a privacy-protecting measure. Apple now prohibits non-Apple apps from using information essential to providing relevant, personalized advertising, without explicit user opt-in. And users may opt-in only after they are...

The reactions of investors to both good and bad news when it comes to the stock market are very diverse. Most professional investors will argue that their reactions to the stock market rises and falls are based on calculated and scientific investment strategies. There are even investors who...

Apple Inc. is a technology company that has established itself as a market leader in the technology industry over the years. After conducting numerous financial ratios, it is evident that the company has achieved its success by efficiently utilizing its assets and equity. Financial ratios...

It is indisputable that technology is present in everyday life. In this digital era, brands need to adapt to the changing pace of the needs and desires of society to distinguish themselves from their adversaries, especially in the electronic environment. Hence, they must have well-defined and...

In this article, we investigate how pest risk management protocols may affect trade flows of fresh apples. We apply our analysis to two major players in the international trade of fresh apples: France and Chile. These two countries have been chosen because they are among the world’s leading...

At the heart of the legal battle between Epic Games and Apple is a set of restrictions Apple imposes on app developers. For instance, Apple prohibits the distribution of iOS apps outside of the App Store, which Apple fully controls. Apple similarly requires developers to exclusively use its own...

An attempt has been made in this paper to estimate the growth trends in Area, production, the productivity of apple fruit in Jammu and Kashmir. For the present Study, Secondary data on Area, Production and productivity of apple fruit in India and the State of Jammu and Kashmir as a whole for the...

In Apple v. Pepper the Supreme Court held that consumers who allegedly paid too much for apps sold on Apple’s iStore could sue Apple for antitrust damages because they were “direct purchasers.” The decision reflects some bizarre complexities that have resulted from the Supreme Court’s...