Editor's Pick: Two Risky Strategies Could Threaten Apple's Long-Term Survival

Two Risky Strategies Could Threaten Apple's Long-Term Survival

Rob Enderle Sep 28, 2015 5:00 AM PT

One of the ironies of my career is that when I first went to work for a tech company, I specifically wanted to work for a firm that was breaking the mold -- not representative of it. So, in my initial interview, I was concerned that IBM was going to buy the firm because it was the mold at that time. I was promised that there was a contract that said it couldn't. Then, six months later, it did. [More...]

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