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Apple Case Study
Apple Inc.
Consumer electronics company
Cupertino, CA,
United States of America
Tel +408-996-1010 http:/www.apple.com CASE STUDY
[Disruptive Technology]

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Table of Contents
Company overview ..................................................................... 3
Key Concept................................................................................ 4
Summary .................................................................................... 4
Questions & Answers ............................................................... 4-9
Conclusions ...............................................................................10
Recommendations .....................................................................10

Company overview:
Apple Inc.
Consumer electronics company
Cupertino, CA,
United States of America
Tel +408-996-1010 http:/www.apple.com Type: Public
Founded: April 1, 1976
Founder(s): Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Ronald Wayne
Headquarters: Apple Campus, 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California, U.S.
Number of locations: 406 retail stores (May 2013)
Products: Mac, iPod, iPhone, iPad, iPad Mini, Apple TV, OS X, iLife, iWork, iOS
Services : Apple Store, Apple Store online, Mac App Store, iOS, App Store, iTunes Store, iBooks, iCloud

Apple Inc. Rankings
#Top Ten in FT Global 500 (July 2013)
Top 3 Competitors


Samsung.



Sony.



Nokia.

Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software and personal computers. Its best-known hardware products are the Mac line of computers, the iPod media player, the iPhone smartphone, and the iPad tablet computer.
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