Microsoft’s Strategic Initiative Microsoft was cofounded on April 4‚ 1975‚ by childhood friends‚ Paul Allen and Bill Gates. Bill Gates served as the first CEO due to the 60/40 partnership he had with Paul Allen. The first Japanese office‚ ASCII Microsoft‚ opened in August 1977. Microsoft became incorporated in Washington thus becoming Microsoft Inc. in 1981. Microsoft’s many products include Microsoft’s Operating Systems‚ Microsoft Mouse‚ Windows‚ Microsoft Office‚ Internet Explorer‚ and the
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Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review Reference Code: GDTC22599FSA One Microsoft Way Redmond‚ WA 98052-6399 United States Phone Fax Website Exchange www.microsoft.com MSFT [NASDAQ] +1 425 8828080 Revenue Net Profit Employees Industry Publication Date: FEB 2012 69‚943 (million USD) 23‚150 (million USD) 90‚000 Technology Communications and Company Overview Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft) is one of the leading providers of software and storage products and
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1. ________ is an early aid to counting. (a) Calculators (b) Organisers (c) Fingers (d) Computers 2. The Abacus is a ______ device (a) Modern (b) Mechanical (c) Electrical (d) Chemical 3. Among the following‚ who is a French man (a) John Napier (b) Blaise Pascal (c) Gottfried Leibniz (d) Herman Hollerith 4. Early men started counting by using (a) Abacus (b) Computers (c) Blocks (d) Fingers 5. Abacus is an instrument known to have been used for counting as far back as
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Ethical Considerations Colleges and Universities hold similar views and policies on plagiarism. They generally include a Code of Honor or Conduct listed in their student handbooks. Students are required to sign a pledge stating they will honor their schools ’ codes. The punishments for disregarding the codes are similar from University to University. Eastern Kentucky University has an Academic Integrity Policy (Eastern Kentucky University‚ 2006‚ para 4). Each student must sign a pledge stating
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Professor Lisa Epstein September 28‚ 2009 Executive Summary The main problem that Microsoft is having in Europe is with the antitrust ruling. As stated in the case “The immediate issue before the court is whether to uphold the European Commission’s landmark 2004 antitrust decision against Microsoft or to side with Microsoft in its appeal.” (Pearce-Robinson‚ 8-1) The two main issues that the case is about is Microsoft tying their media player in with the operating system and not willing to release
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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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Data protection It is agreed no data is to be passed on to anyone without clients or next of kin consent and data about the clients or employees is not to be passed on or leave the premises‚ without permission of the home manager 2. Grievance If I have a grievance I need to discuss this with my manager and follow the procedures that are set out in the staff handbook. 3. Conflict Management The outside activities of employees can sometimes conflict with the interest of the company. This can occur
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BIOLOGICAL THEORY SHANNON & SAM BIOLOGICAL THEORY (ARNOLD GESELL) The Biological (Maturational Theory) of child development was developed by a man named Arnold Gesell. Gesell’s theory was shaped by the expectations that development is based in biology‚ children alternate between good and bad years in development‚ and that body types share a connection with personality development. The Maturational Theory focuses on physical and mental development‚ and Gesell saw these developmental patterns being
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can prove there is no consideration. Consideration can be defined by Sir Frederick Pollock‚ approved by Lord Dunedin in Dunlop v Selfridge Ltd [1915] AC 847 where each party must give something in return from what is gained from the other party; ‘An act or forbearance of one party‚ or the promise thereof‚ is the price for which the promise of the other is bought‚ and the promise thus given for value is enforceable.’ The traditional definition in Currie v Misa (1875) LR 10 Ex 153; (1875-76) LR
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When I started to plan my presentation‚ I had a hard time deciding what‚ exactly‚ I was going to say. I had started with the idea that I would just basically go over the main points in my paper in the order I wrote them in. I had a hard time getting anywhere with that idea. Then I did the Exhibition Fair. I realized that one of my more common talks that I did during the fair would be a good order for me to cover things in my presentation. So away went my old order and in came my new idea that
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