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Case

Reference no. 9-715-456

Subject category: Strategy and General Management

Authors: David B Yoffie (Harvard Business School); Eric Baldwin (Harvard Business School)

Published by: Harvard Business Publishing

Originally published in: 2015

Version: 28 October 2015

Revision date: 13-Jan-2016

Length: 30 pages

Data source: Published sources

Topics: Communication; Competition; Competitive advantage; Computers; Innovation; Leadership; Market positioning; Marketing; Marketing implementation; Planning; Product positioning; Strategic planning; Strategic positioning; Strategy; Technology

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Abstract

At the end of 2014, Apple Inc. recorded the most profitable quarter of any firm in history, and its market capitalization soon topped USD700 billion. 'Apple Inc in 2015' explores the history of Apple, its successes under Jobs, its continued growth under Tim Cook, and the challenges facing the company in 2015. With iPod sales continuing their freefall, tablet sales in decline, and the Macintosh's market share remaining small, Apple was increasingly dependent on the iPhone to drive its growth. Could Cook continue Apple's dominance in the smartphone market in the face of growing competition? Could he revitalize the iPad business, become a leader in payments, with Apple Pay, and replicate Apple's success in other device categories, such as the Apple Watch, the first new product the company had released since 2010?

Industries:

Telecommunications; Music; Computers & electronics; Technology

Size:

> 1 billion, Fortune 500

Other setting(s):

1977-2015