in proceeding with the anti-trust case against Microsoft? Explain. What are the disadvantages to customers when one company dominates an industry? Why should competition be encouraged? The settlement focused on Microsoft’s selling practices with computer manufacturers. Until now‚ Microsoft would sell MS-DOS and Microsoft’s other operating systems to original equipment manufacturers (OEM’s) at a 60% discount if that OEM agreed to pay a royalty to Microsoft for every single computer that they
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2004 What Is a Case Study and What Is It Good for? JOHN GERRING Boston University T his paper aims to clarify the meaning‚ and explain the utility‚ of the case study method‚ a method often practiced but little understood. A “case study‚” I argue‚ is best defined as an intensive study of a single unit with an aim to generalize across a larger set of units. Case studies rely on the same sort of covariational evidence utilized in non-case study research. Thus‚ the case study method is correctly
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Read the following scenario: You are working at a support desk for a company providing onsite and telephone support to customers with Microsoft Excel questions. On this particular day‚ you are presented with the following three situations: Situation 1: A business professional wants to use Excel to organize data for the monthly expense report. He has never used Excel and is inquiring about the functions that would support him with this task. Situation 2: A husband is having difficulties with
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the minds of the rater ‚ based upon his own perception of things‚ people and performances. A person maybe rated higher because he is a “nice” person or because of his seniority. The study limits its scope within the Butuan Branch ULDI and focuses on the ongoing system employed by the real state firm. Introduction One of the essential and crucial HumanResources Management functions is the performance evaluation. Other than hiring‚ training and pay allocation skills‚ to be an effective HR manager
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A Short Introduction to SAS Part 1 Outline What’s SAS? SAS language SAS library SAS data sets Data step basics Some basic SAS procedures. What’s SAS? Statistical software? More than that! SAS is a set of solutions for enterprise‐wide business users and provides a powerful fourth‐generation programming language for performing tasks such as these: data entry‚ retrieval‚ and management report writing and graphics statistical and mathematical analysis business planning‚ forecasting
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IN AN ORGANISATION (Case study of Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) BY ADEWONISE Sesan Adeyinka Matric No: 071001052 BEING A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING‚ DISTANCE LEARNING INSTITUTE‚ UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS‚ IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.SC) DEGREE IN ACCOUNTING OCTOBER‚ 2012 CERTIFICATION This is to certify that this study was undertaken by ADEWONISE
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A study done by Cropley‚ Michalianou‚ Pravettoni and Millward (2012) found that work related rumination has been associated with a number of negative health consequences like hypertension‚ depression‚ distress in women. Three different types of ruminative thinking that people experience during work was affective rumination‚ problem-solving‚ pondering and detachment. The affective rumination can be conceptualised as a cognitive state characterized by the appearance of intrusive‚ pervasive‚ recurrent
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u10a1 Project: Case Study COUN5239 Theories of Psychotherapy INTRODUCTION The five basic needs‚ survival‚ belonging‚ power‚ fun‚ and freedom‚ of every human being is the underlying concept of Reality Therapy. Attempting to fulfill these needs is what motivates all human behavior. Choice theory is the major construct of reality therapy and operates under the notion that all human beings are responsible for their own behavior and choices. Choices that meet one of the
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Introduction The Manila Ocean Park is an oceanarium in Manila‚ Philippines. It is owned by China Oceanis Philippines Inc.‚ a subsidiary of China Oceanis Inc.‚ a Singaporean-registered firm that has operated four oceanariums in China. It is located behind the Quirino Grandstand at Rizal Park. It opened on March 1‚ 2008. In terms of floor space‚ the 8‚000 square meters (86‚000 sq ft) oceanarium is larger than the Sentosa Underwater World oceanarium in Singapore‚ and features a 25-metre (82 ft) underwater
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School A Study of Classroom Disciplinary Problems In Puerto Galera National High School Fourth year Lower Section The Problem INTRODUCTION The concept of discipline or of disciplinary procedures as a characteristic of the condition in teaching presents some serious problem that leads to create a research for the sake of the students also in part of the teachers. Within this study are discussions of behavior problems and attitudes of pupils toward school work‚ which at times
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