Apple’s slowing growth in the sales of its flagship iPhone and similar projections for its revenues and profitability have riveted focus on the company’s fundamental drivers. The top concern is whether the loyalty of Apple’s customers and their allegiance to its “ecosystem” — or its so-called “walled garden” of products and services — are being tested by lower-priced competitors and more flexible technology platforms like Android. According to experts, the Cupertino, Calif.-based company needs to recast its global strategies, especially those for emerging-economy markets, become less risk averse in innovation, and accept the reality that maturing corporations cannot sustain high growth rates and market domination forever. In the latest quarterly results that Apple announced on January 26, the company reported the slowest growth in sales of its flagship iPhones since their launch in 2007.…