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    Cover of Haunted empire

    Haunted empire

    Yukari Iwatani Kane · 2014

    Draws on more than two hundred interviews with current and former executives, business partners, Apple watchers, and others to present a look at the state of Apple two years after the death of Steve Jobs and offer clues to its future. "Former Wall Street Journal technology reporter Yukari Iwatani Kane delves deep inside Apple in the two years since Steve Jobs's death, revealing the tensions and challenges CEO Tim Cook and his team face as they try to sustain Jobs's vision and keep the company moving forward. Steve Jobs's death raised one of the most pressing questions in the tech and business worlds: Could Apple stay great without its iconic leader? Many inside the company were eager to prove that Apple could be just as innovative as it had been under Jobs. Others were painfully aware of the immense challenge ahead. As its business has become more complex and global, Apple has come under intense scrutiny, much of it critical. Maintaining market leadership has become crucial as it tries to conquer new frontiers and satisfy the public's insatiable appetite for "insanely great" products"

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    3mentions
    2people
    2014–2016years
    67% recommend33% critical

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    201420152016

    What Hacker News says

    1. at-fates-handsOct 2016
      You should really read "Haunted Empire" that talks about Apple's struggles right after Jobs died. Right now we're seeing the end result of losing his vision of design.

      https://www.amazon.com/Haunted-Empire-Apple-After-Steve/dp/0...

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    2. at-fates-handsDec 2015
      Its a drop in the bucket really. Samsung's revenues run around 4 billion per quarter and you also have to keep in mind they're not like Apple where they're only in one industry - they have a ton of products across a spectrum of industries.

      source: http://www.statista.com/statistics/298704/samsung-quarterly-...

      Also, I just read the book "Haunted Empire" which detailed the Apple v. Samsung battle in pretty good detail, it's an excellent read: http://www.amazon.com/Haunted-Empire-Apple-After-Steve/dp/00...

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    3. IBMMar 2014
      Because it fits the narrative. Tim Cook is being cast as the operations guy that may be a good manager but isn't a transformative leader that Steve Jobs was.

      The title of her book is Haunted Empire: Apple After Steve Jobs. This is a book that could only be written 5-10 years from now, but who knows where Apple could be then. She's striking while the iron is hot; if Apple is irrelevant and no one is interested in the company in 10 years, she wouldn't sell nearly as many books.

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