strive for a high rate of economic growth and emphasize development in heavy industry and technology rather than agriculture. It is worth mentioning is the Second Five-Year Plan‚ which was from 1956 to 1966. In this period‚ Mao realized the Soviet model of industrial development was not working in China‚ therefore he outlined the Second five-year plan (1958-1962). Unlike the First five-year plan‚ Mao decided not only focus on heavy industry but also light industry‚ like consumer goods and agriculture
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Microsoft in 2005 As their 2005 fiscal year came to a close‚ Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer could reflect on the last year as well as the previous five years-with mixed emotions. Microsoft had slowed down after two decades of spectacular growth in revenues‚ profits‚ and stock price (see Exhibits 1‚ 2‚ and 3). Although Microsoft remained one of the most valuable and profitable companies in the world‚ its two core products‚ Windows and Office‚ had been experiencing anemic growth in revenues and profits
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The case against Microsoft was brought buy the U.S. Department of Justice‚ as well as several state Attorneys General. Microsoft is accused of using and maintaining monopoly power to gain an unfair advantage in the market. The case has been under observation for a long time‚ but the Justice department is having trouble coming up with substantial evidence against Microsoft. Specifically‚ the Department must prove:<br><li>That Microsoft has monopoly power and is using it to gain unfair leverage in
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the early 1970’s two young men stumbled upon what would one day‚ be one of the top companies within its market. Paul Allen and Bill Gates‚ founders of Microsoft Corp‚ had a vision that every household would own a personal computer‚ and they were going to be the ones to help make that possible through the development of computer software. Microsoft was first able to get a foot in the market when IBM approached them in June of 1980 about developing an operating system for their new line of personal
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The facts of the case 18 States and the Justice Department brought suit against Microsoft to "eliminate Microsoft’s unlawful practices‚ to avoid recurrence of similar practices and to restore the competitive threat that middleware products posed prior to Microsoft’s unlawful conduct. The procedural history of the case Microsoft grew the government’s attention in 1991‚ because word was that it was abusing its monopoly in the PC operating system market. The government had the FTC conduct an inquiry
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Microsoft is a world leader in the PC industry and has $36.2 billion of cash. However‚ sales of PC would not last forever! The PC industry which is in its fourth decade shows signs of saturation and maturity (exhibit 13 in case). Launching XBOX allowed Microsoft to drive a revolution in digital entertainment and deliver the future of experience. The decision taken by Microsoft lead to its diversification in gaming consoles and online gaming industry. The diversification allowed Microsoft to utilize
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Apple vs. Microsoft By Teka Lee Professor Miles ITE 119 11 October 2012 Outline Thesis: Apple’s website differs from Microsoft’s website in the homepage‚ navigation‚ and consistency. I. First‚ Apple’s homepage differs from Microsoft’s homepage. A. Apple 1. Appearance 2. Main ad 3. Space B. Microsoft 1. Appearance 2. Main ad 3. Space C. Therefore‚ the differences in Apple’s and Microsoft’s homepage are significant. II. Second‚ Apple’s
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Introduction Microsoft has grown from revenue of $197 million and 1442 employees in 1996 to $19 747 million and 31 575 employees in 1999. This growth has seen them evolve and change their human resource philosophies‚ polices and practices developed at start up in the 1980s. Recruiting Microsoft Corporation was started by former Chief Executive Bill Gates and co-founder Paul Allan. They started the company by recruiting the brightest people they knew from school – their “smart friends” and
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hired‚ why do people work so hard at Microsoft? What motivates them? Answer: First‚ the culture of Microsoft. As the vision Gates mentioned: a computer on every desk in every home‚ running on Microsoft software‚ spirited many young to work hard. Second‚ rigorous and firm recruiting policy and process. As Ballmer said‚ “ We want people who are smart‚ who work hard‚ and who get things done.” Third‚ Challenging work assignments and tasks. Microsoft believed that individuals were best developed
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Case Analysis 1) Who should Microsoft have targeted at the launch of the Tablet PC & why? Before discussing who Microsoft should have targeted‚ we have to look at the strengths and weaknesses of the product. The success of any strategy depends on being able leverage the most of the strengths and rely less on the weaknesses. The strengths of Microsoft were its brand‚ distribution channel‚ existing enterprise user base and large resources. The risks involved those related to new product development
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