CONTENTS 1. Executive Summary 1 2. Introduction 2 3. The Environment Analysis 3 3.1 SWOT Analysis 3 3.1.1 Strengths 3 3.1.2 Weaknesses 4 3.1.3 Opportunities 5 3.1.4 Threats 5 3.2 PESTLE Analysis 6 3.2.1 Political 6 3.2.2 Economic 6 3.2.3 Social 6 3.2.4 Technological 7 3.2.5 Legal 7 3.2.6 Environmental 7 3.3 Five forces 7 3.3.1 Existing Competitions 7 3.3.2 Threat of New Entrants 8 3.3.3 Threat of Substitutes 8 3.3.4 Power of Buyers 8 3.3.5 Suppliers 8 4. The Value Chain 9
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Final Examination——Microsoft Tinmin Yeung B3A81 49905881 THE SUMMARY OF THE CASE Firstly‚there is no doubt that Microsoft is quit successful in China.Because China is a very large market.Between 2002 and 2007‚Microsoft sales and revenue grew more rapidly in the Greater China region than in andy other market in the world.But Microsoft also meet a lot of challenges‚patent‚piracy and political. From Microsoft itself‚it is the world’s best.He gets the absolutely monopoly position.He draw up
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The student social worker is Carmen McGee. The clients were Shante‚ Krystal‚ Mariah and Jessica. The date of the role play is April 22‚ 2016. The issue occurring in the group concludes four girls dealing with severe depression because they were molested as young children. The purpose of the interview is for the girl’s to receive healing from their pass wounds of bondage. In addition to this‚ the Ms. McGhee requested the girls draw pictures of themselves before the abuse occurred. She also requested
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1. Introduction The Microsoft case describes how the company was build and gives an insight in their Human Resource policies‚ from the early 1980 until the 2001. Bill Gates believed that in order to develop outstanding software‚ attracting the right people was crucial. The focus of their HR policy was to attract intelligent technical people. These technical people were the foundation of Microsoft’s great success. However (senior) management functions were also given to these technical employees
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begins amortizing software costs at the beginning of the following year. Estimate the effect of capitalizing software costs on Microsoft’s fiscal 1997‚ 1998‚ and 1999 income statements and balance sheets. [pic] b. Why do you think Microsoft chose to expense all software costs as incurred rather than capitalizing a portion of these costs? Remember that the FASB provides explicit guidelines for the treatment of software development costs that required capitalization once technological
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Work Practice Portfolio : 5N1433 1. Key features of work practice organisation Muskerry Golf Club‚ situated in beautiful parkland close to the village of Tower‚ near Blarney was established in 1907 which was originally serviced by a light railway which used to run from Cork city to Blarney (a piece of track and signal has been left for posterity and as a feature on the 18th green). It was originally only a nine hole course until 1924 when the renowned Golf Course Designer Dr. Alister MacKenzie
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This helps me remember and understand the concept as a whole. As we were learning about unions I realized I may actually currently work for a job that’s represented by a union. Although I wasn’t positive because I never paid much attention to see if I paid union dues . We spoke about how high risk jobs like Firefighters as well as Police Departments have all their employees unionized
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NOKIA AND MICROSOFT JOIN FORCES IN SMARTPHONE WAR On the 11th of February 2011‚ Nokia Corporation announced the alliance with Microsoft Corporation‚ unveiling their aggressive strategy to challenge Google and Apple for domination of the hot smartphone market. In this strategic alliance‚ Nokia will use Microsoft’s mobile operating system (OP) Windows Phone on its smartphones. As per the deal‚ Windows Phone would replace Symbian as the primary OS on Nokia’s phones and Nokia would pay royalties to
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Strategic Information Systems to keep Microsoft ahead in the gameDecisions are classified into structured (repetitive) and unstructured (not routine). Thisinformation will allow the organisation to develop the best strategy to achieving orfulfilling its mission. Most scholars in strategic management are familiar with thedistinction between "content" research which deals with the content of strategies and"process" research which examines the strategic decision process and the factors thataffect it
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Working Hypothesis Josh’s fiancé being struck and killed by a drunk driver as they were about to meet for lunch and her dying in his arms‚ is the participating situation that triggered the start of Josh’s symptoms. The subsequent anxiety that developed‚ as Josh held himself responsible for his fiancé’s death as well as the death of his sister 4 years’ prior‚ resulted in the current maladaptive thought patterns‚ anxiety‚ and depressive symptoms Josh presented with for treatment. Josh learned through
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