Answer:
Steve Jobs coming back, Innovations, and Tim Cook taking over as COO
Explanation:
The fluctuations in stock prices of a company are due to improved performance of the company in meeting it's objectives and perception that the business will do better in the future.
In the given scenario there was an initial increase in Apple’s stock price from $27.97 to $702.10, an increase of 25 times.
This can be attributed to the return of Steve Jobs as the CEO of Apple. There was a confidence boost by his coming back. Also there were various innovations like: iPhone, iMac, iPod, and iTunes. These improved the performance and by extension share price of Apple.
However when Tim Cook took over as COO he reduced production by half resulting in stock price decrease by 37% from its peak in September 2012 until the end of March 2013, from $702.10 to $442.66.
The specific attributes of Apple's operational performance that increased its stock performance before and after the 2012 peak could be attributed to the following operational factors:
1. The return of Steve Jobs as Apple's CEO brought in active and innovative leadership and management style that revitalized the company's operational performance.
2. The following innovations, like iPhone, iMac, iPod, and iTunes, skyrocketed Apple's stock performance and boosted investor confidence in the company's leadership.
3. The reduction in the stock performance occurred when Tim Cook took over following the death of Steve Job, especially with some of the operational changes that halved production units.
Thus, the starring increase of Apple's stock price from $27.97 to $702.10 in 2012 and the subsequent reduction to $442.66 can be attributed to the above operational factors.
Learn more about how operational performance affect stock prices here: https://brainly.com/question/7983131?source=archive
