Kettering University Department of Business MGMT 659 - Strategy Summer 2013 Prof. Irish BUS Project – Microsoft Rakan Mogaddam Contents 1 Current Situation Analysis 3 1.1 Past Performance Indexes 3 1.1.1 Ratios 3 1.1.2 Industry Competitor Comparison 4 1.2 Strategic Posture 4 1.2.1 Mission Statement 5 1.2.2 Vision Statement 5 1.2.3 Strategies and Policies 5 2 Corporate Governance 6 2.1 Board of Directors 6 2.2 Top Management 7 2.3 Stakeholders 8 3 External
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El Cid‚ born in 1043 and dead by 1099‚ was a Castilian nobleman known for his military prowess. His life‚ defined by ever-evolving allegiances‚ reveals the chaotic state of Iberia during the second half of the eleventh century. The Taifa kingdoms—the successors of the Caliphate of Córdoba—divided Muslim rule‚ allowing Christian kingdoms to start achieving military success. This weakness resulted in the Taifas calling on the Almoravids from Morocco for military aid. While the Almoravids heeded the
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takeovers of one firm by another if the effect will "substantially lessen competition. There were three main facts that indicate that Microsoft enjoys monopoly power. First‚ Microsoft’s share of the market for Intel-compatible PC operating systems is extremely large and stable. Second‚ Microsoft’s dominant market share is protected by a high barrier to entry.
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Introduction of product (Microsoft tablet pc) ------------------------------------------------- History In 2002‚ original equipment manufacturers released the first tablet PCs designed to the Microsoft Tablet PC specification. This generation of Microsoft Tablet PCs were designed to run Windows XP Tablet PC Edition‚ the Tablet PC version of Windows XP.[3] This version of Microsoft Windows superseded Microsoft’s earlier pen computing operating environment‚ Windows for Pen Computing 2.0. After releasing
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In May of 1998‚ Microsoft Corporation was charged with violating parts of the Sherman act through a civil antitrust action‚ which would take place in the district court. This case was brought about by the 20 states of the US and by the District of Columbia. Since Microsoft was such a large corporation‚ there was a five-day period where they would make certain information confidential to the public in order to protect trade secrets from getting out. “The Microsoft Corporation violated the nation’s
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Introduction: It seems that the competition that has been brewing between Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has never really died down from the late 1970s‚ even as both companies have had ups and downs in the stock market and in the consumer products market as well. Apple Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.‚ was a copyright infringement lawsuit in which Apple Computer sought to prevent Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard from using visual graphical user interface (GUI) elements that were similar
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MASTER OF SCIENCE PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY CAPSTONE PROJECT THESIS GUIDELINES PROCEDURES FOR COMPLETION AND PRESENTATION EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 2012 RELEASE 2.2 THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY JEFFERSON GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES PHILADELPHIA‚ PA 19107 +1.215.503.5799 THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES CAPSTONE PROJECT GUIDELINES Table of Contents Guidelines for Master
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18‚ 2014 Microsoft Word is a program used in school or business to create‚ edit‚ print‚ and you can also publish documents to the internet or web. What you need is Microsoft Word however it comes in the MS Office package along with other software like PowerPoint‚ Excel‚ etc. It is not going to cause you any additional problems. You will most likely need these other programs in college as well. You are mostly interested in Microsoft Word so let me explain some of the features of Microsoft Word. You
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healthy financial conditions. Though the Microsoft has more Net working capitals than Oracle‚ both of the two companies can pay back a $400 million debt in 30 days. On the other hand‚ with the data from their balance sheets‚ we can also get the debt-to-equity ratio of these two companies: Oracle Inc. 78.37% and Microsoft 82.74%. The ratios indicate that the Microsoft Corporation financed more with debts than the Oracle Inc.‚ and the investment to Microsoft may be riskier than that to Oracle. In conclusion
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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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