That's an interesting point and dwells in philosophical space. Is Apple an entity with knowledge that it accumulates, develops, and applies or are people who w

That's an interesting point and dwells in philosophical space. Is Apple an entity with knowledge that it accumulates, develops, and applies or are people who work on and hold key positions in projects the ones that bring forth knowledge, develop it and apply it? Is company's know-how separate from people working on it, and are people the ones who (can) bring it into the company or are people coming to the company and applying company's knowledge? What happens if either lacks - can a company bring in (group of) knowledge and can a company bring in (a group) of talent without (much) knowledge? Cases can be made for both, I guess. So, there's no straight answer.