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| 2010 | | UNIVERSITY of MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY
Waiza Waheed |

[Case Anylisis apple inc. 2010] | Apple Inc. is a well Known American multinational Corporation that designs and markets their products like consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. In this we study the competitor’s strategies versus Apple.Inc strategies and vice versa. |

Subject: Dynamics of Management
Assignment: Case Study on Apple Inc.
Require: Competitor's Strategies versus Apple's strategies and vice verse

Submitted To: Mr.Imran Akbar Saifi Submitted By: Waiza Waheed ID : 104732-114 Program: MBA (P) 3½

School of Business and Economics
UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY

Introduction

Steve Jobs and Steve Woznaik are the Owners of Apple Inc. Established on April 1, 1976 in Los Altos, California, and incorporated January 3, 1977.

Apple Inc. is a well known American Multinational Corporation that designs and markets their products like consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computer. The company takes start as “Apple computers” but Jobs transforming “Apple computers” into “Apple Inc.” with innovative non-PC products in early 2000.
Now The Apple Inc. in 2010, Apple had 46,600 full time employees and 2,800 temporary full time employees worldwide and had worldwide annual sales of $42.91 billion in its fiscal year ending September 26, 2009. Apple has established a unique reputation in the consumer electronics industry. This includes a customer base that is devoted to the company and its brand.
Well as, we know that Apple’s

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