computer law & security report 24 (2008) 253–260 available at www.sciencedirect.com www.compseconline.com/publications/prodclaw.htm Copyright‚ Google and the digitization of libraries Armageddon on the digital superhighway: Will Google’s e-library project weather the storm? Akhil Prasad‚ Aditi Agarwala Gujarat National Law University‚ India abstract This paper examines the concept of copyright as an intellectual property in the digital age and the utilitarian objective which an
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Executive Summary Google is a very profitable organization that operates on the concept of innovation. Its core business from web search and advertising has provided continuous streams of revenue and profits‚ and its reputation as the market leader has built a strong interest in the organization from both the investor as well as the user community. The key challenge being faced by Google at this point is that it should find ways of growing sustainably‚ and expand in a way that it can effectively
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Business Model of Amazon.com Amazon.com is the pioneering bookstore on the Internet that first opened in July 1995 by Jeff Bezos. The firm offers online shopping services and partnership opportunities such as online search for books‚ music and video items. The products that they sell include an array of audio‚ video and book titles. Amazon has one of the widest selections and employs international shipping to virtually every corner of the globe in just a few days. Amazon’s focus is having the
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Microsoft and Others: Developing software for How Companies Do Business Since Microsoft was established‚ their primary focus was on operating system and software for inside the computer‚ but in recent years Microsoft started to shift its strategy in order to gain ground and dominate the desktop software market. The new strategy is to write software for several industries‚ and expending the number of industries as it succeeds‚ Microsoft first step was hire business technology professionals who
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Microsoft opens the gates: patents‚ piracy‚ and political challenges inChina 1) Microsoft has faced significant challenges‚ such as the widespread piracy of its products‚Chinese government to transfer its technology‚ host government promotion of competitorproducts‚ discriminatory procurement practices by subnational authorities in China‚ andstrong encouragement to enter into joint ventures with local firms. The risk of piracy hasbeen diminishing as China joined the World Trade Organisation and
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The business partnering model and its impact on both the HR function and HR practice Since the concept of the business partnering model was introduced by Ulrich in 1997‚ the composition of the HR function has dramatically changed. As Goodge (2005) identified‚ “partnering is fundamentally changing almost every HR function‚ every HR job‚ and every HR career” (Pg. 32). Ulrich argued that HR needed to deliver on both a strategic and administrative level and identified four key roles through which organisations
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Home assignment Case study: Business models-Aldi Q: Description of the business model of Aldi by using the business model canvas Usually the first thing coming on our minds when the word model is mentioned are models of real objects in engineering‚ architecture and etc. But the point with the business model is to gain understanding of the ``big picture``. The business model canvas designed by Dr. Alexander Osterwalder provides you with this knowledge and also with visualizing the
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measurement of financial assets base on two categories: the objective of the entity’s business model for managing the financial assets; and the characteristics of the contractual cash flow. Under AASB 9‚ the entity’s business model for managing the financial assets is a new accounting concept‚ which applying to classify the financial instruments. The evaluation of this model is based on how key personnel actually business‚ rather than the intents of management for specific financial assets. It means
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Apple Inc. Apple has shown innovative courses for the past decades and its success was possible because it has held on to its core competence. Apple outsourced its manufacturing products‚ but developed product inside the company in secrecy. Even though Apple threw its software platform open‚ it still limits the distribution of applications possible only through its App Store. Apple distinguishes what core is and what non-core technology is. It is their business model that it takes advantage
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Introduction into Apple: Apple Inc. was founded in 1976 and incorporated in 1977; it is headquartered in Cupertino‚ California. Apple’s focus is designing and developing personal computers and other software programs and portable devices. Apple’s mission statement is “Apple designs Macs‚ the best personal computers in the world‚ along with OS X‚ iLife‚ iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile
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