Bhargav Deliwala Shalin Parikh EPGCMM-006-06 EPGCMM-006-19 Microsoft Corporation: The design of Microsoft Support Network Question 1- What factors suggest that Microsoft’s PSS Division needs a more comprehensive and flexible approach for its service offerings? Answer 1- Service Cost :Service Cost is always a concern for any organization. A routine review it was found that service cost increased from thedivision’s Profit and Loss statement. It was projected that service expenditures would become
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Minuet in G Analysis One of J.S. Bach’s famous pieces of music (Minuet in G) carries a chirpy and joyful emotion‚ as well as relaxing. It does this through all the seven elements of music. Apart from the form‚ this essay will be explaining how each element of music links to one or more emotion through this piece of music. The form shown in this piece follows the normal binary form‚ but with no introduction and coda involved. The piece starts off with a catchy repetitive melody‚ from 0:00
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Q1. Microsoft chose not to capitalize any software development cost and thus expensed them all as R&D. Assume that 60% of the reported R&D could have been capitalized and spread out over the following two years. For example. The amount of R&D capitalized into 1995 would be evenly spread out among 1996 and 1997. If this were the case how much would net income have been in 1997 and 1998? What would be the percentage increase in net income from 1997 t0 1998? Compare that to the actual reporting change
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This case study focused on the Microsoft Corporation and charges made by their competitors‚ the Federal Trade Commission‚ and the Department of Justice of antitrust violations and a monopoly of the computer operating systems and applications software‚ software development tools (e.g.‚ programming language software)‚ and hardware peripherals (e.g.‚ Microsoft Mouse) that Microsoft specializes in. It focused on numerous issues that would lead one to believe that Microsoft was in fact monopolizing the
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Final Research Paper Allan G. Johnson wrote a book called‚ ‘Privilege‚ Power‚ and Difference’. He has written a very accessible introduction to the concept of privilege: the notion that certain members of society benefit from institutionalized assumptions and beliefs about what is normal. Conversely‚ attention is also given to various groups that are harmed by these same institutionalized assumptions. People of color‚ women‚ homosexuals‚ and those with disabilities are all included in his discussion
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Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy Q1. What are the factors that likely explain the equity and its reported book value of equity? Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 1999 Market Capitalisation: USD 460 Billion Book Value: USD 28 Billion MVE more than 16 times of BVE! Factor 1 Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 Intangible Assets • BVE does not reflect certain intangible assets’ value such as brand‚ customer loyalty‚ and human capital – Likely to provide tremendous earnings growth
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Situation: Microsoft (MS) is losing money in PRC‚ partly because of the lack of intellectual property protection in that market and partly because its product (Windows 3.1) can not meet local customers" needs due to low level of localization. Since localization of Window 3.1 seems indispensable for MS to succeed in the promising PRC market‚ the question for MS is choosing the best localization solution from the available three choices. These choices are either leaving the market open for Software
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Music is My Hobby Everybody has his or her own hobby. For me‚ my favorite hobby is playing music and of course‚ listens to music as well. I prefer Jazz to any other genre such as Pop and Classic‚ because Jazz music creates a unique different atmosphere when you listened to them. It gives you the feeling of relaxation and has many unexpected tunes that actually very nice to hear from a song‚ which made me interested and curious to learn it. My love of music began in the first year of my elementary
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Google‚ Apple‚ Microsoft Case 1. Apple is the leader in mobile software apps‚ thanks to the popularity of the App Store for its iPhones. They are also working on the front line of mobile computing. Apple has had enormous success in the Internet era‚ thanks to devices that they provide. They also have a loyal customer base that is always growing and continues to buy the new Apple products. Another reason for their success is because of the App Store. Google also has a dog in the fight when talking
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Associate Program Material Appendix G Sequential and Selection Process Control Structure In the following example‚ the second line of the table specifies that tax due on a salary of $2‚000.00 is $225.00 plus 16% of excess salary over $1‚500.00 (that is‚ 16% of $500.00). Therefore‚ the total tax is $225.00 + $80.00‚ or $305.00. | |Salary Range in Dollars |Base Tax in Dollars |Percentage of Excess | |1 |0.00-1‚499.99
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