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Strategic Audit for Apple Co.
Apple Inc. Audit

Table of Contents
|Apple SWOT Analysis | |
|Corporate Strategies | |
|-Stability Strategy | |
|-Parenting Strategy | |
|Competitive Strategies | |
| -Differentiation | |
|Cooperative Strategies | |
| -Strategic Alliance – Joint Venture AT&T | |
| -Strategic Alliance – Joint Venture Microsoft | |
|-Strategic Alliance – Value Chain Partnership | |
|Functional Strategies | |
| -Human Resources – Executive Succession CEO | |
|-Human Resources – Executive Succession B of D | |
|Appendix
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