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|An IT Industry Project |
|by |
|SAARTHAK VERMA |
|(WRO 0284493) |

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|S.No |Subject |Page No |
| |Foreword |3 |
| |Apple’s Mission Statement |4 |
| |Introduction |5 |
| |Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple Inc. |6 |
| |A Look at the History pages... |8 |
| |Product Range |18 |
| |Competition |26 |
| |Windows V/s Mac |28 |
| |Business Strategy |32 |
| |Overseas presence |33 |
| |The Reasons for Apple’s Success Story |36 |
| |Human Resources

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