History of Microsoft Word Microsoft was created by a very smart man. That man wanted to help out people in the world‚ but he did not know he would become a billionaire in the process. His name is Bill Gates. Bill Gates‚ Microsoft founder‚ was born on Oct. 28th‚ 1955. He was 19 yrs. old when he first set up Microsoft. His dream was that every home would have a computer. The
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Employment Law Compliance Plan Ginger Sacco University of Phoenix HCS 531 Mary Jo Payne November 24‚ 2014 MEMORANDUM TO: Traci Goldman FROM: Ginger Sacco DATE: November 24‚ 2014 Subject: Employment Laws Regarding your request‚ I am compiling employment law compliance plan for a Mr. Bradley Stonefield. Mr. Stonefield is planning to open a limousine service in Austin‚ Texas. The limousine service employment goal is to employ 25 employees within the first year. This memo will
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Ethics MGT/498 Ehics A senior management responsibility is determined the strategic plan‚ direction‚ and decisions in strategic planning; he has to deal with conflicts and resolved with ethical responsibility for creating an adaptable strategic plan. Business responsibilities are four economic (goods and service)‚ legal (laws)‚ ethical‚ and discretionary. Ethics and social responsibility within organization are part important of developing strategic plan. Ethical responsibility
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Background of Company Microsoft Corporation‚ incorporated in 1981‚ is engaged in developing‚ licensing and supporting a range of software products and services. The Company also designs and sells hardware‚ and delivers online advertising to the customers. The Company operates in eight segments: Windows & Windows Live Division (Windows Division)‚ Server and Tools Business‚ Online Services Division (OSD)‚ Microsoft Business Solutions‚ Microsoft Office Division‚ Microsoft Phone Division‚ Skype and
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acquisition of Skype • Understanding Skype’s and Microsoft’s business models and their product portfolio respectively • Microsoft’s reasoning behind the acquisition • How Microsoft got best benefits from the acquisition • To analyze data support of acquisition • Make your own critical conslusions KEY FACTS AND FIGURES 10th May 2011: Microsoft acquirers Skype at a price of $8.5 billion (cash) Financial multiples (Skype 2010): other companies Very high relative to Enterprise value/EBITDA: > 32x sector
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Jeff Sandoval Dr. Brian Elliot Environmental Ethics Thursday‚ May 3‚ 2012 Reflection Paper International concern over the health of our planet is constantly advocated and drilled in or heads by the media‚ our government‚ and the social institutions from which we are educated. We hear commercials persuading us to buy “green”‚ shop for locally grown produce‚ and even to invest in the more expensive‚ but environmentally friendly automobiles. Our government is also in on the green movement
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Contents Executive Summary 2 Introduction 3 Microsoft 3 Xbox 4 The Original Xbox 4 Xbox Live 5 Xbox 360 5 The New Next Generation – Xbox One vs PlayStation 4 5 Defining the Industry 6 Gaming Console Market Revenues 2003-13 (US$ million) 6 Revenue forecasts for 2013 7 Industry Trends 7 Loss-leading strategy 7 Innovative Technologies 7 Gaming in the Cloud 7 Rise of Indie Game Developers 8 Porter’s 5 forces analysis 8 Value Chain Analysis 9 Operations and Supply Chain 9 Distribution 10 Marketing 10
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Running head: ETHICS CODE ANALYSIS Ethics Code Analysis-American Counseling Association vs. American Association of Christian Counselors Brooke G. Holmes Liberty University Abstract The various ethics codes of organizations display a remarkable amount of diversity in definition and expectations. Many similarities and differences can be noted within different areas concerning ethics. This paper compares and analyzes these ethics codes‚ focusing on the ethics codes of the American Association
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From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia The first version of Microsoft Word was developed by Charles Simonyi and Richard Brodie‚ former Xerox programmers hired by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1981. Both programmers worked on Xerox Bravo‚ the first Microsoft WYSIWYGword processor. The first Word version‚ Word 1.0‚ was released in October 1983 for Xenix and MS-DOS; it was followed by four very similar versions that were not very successful. The first Windows version was released in 1989‚ with a slightly
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Microsoft Recruiting Strategy Recruiting Creative thinking over experience Microsoft has the policy of only recruiting the best and the brightest for their company. Over the years they have dvelopped a system of hiring people fresh from college. They mostly target top universities from the united states‚ Europe and some in japan. It is true that those who just graduated lacked work experience but COO steve ballmer explained that Microsoft preferred creative thinking and ambition over experience
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