Corporate Social Responsibility: Microsoft Mohammad Mubashir Microsoft (NASDAQ) is the worldwide leader in software‚ services and solutions that help people in attaining their goal. They work in over 100 coutries and employ over 94000 people and provides opportunities for young people and support over 65000 charties. They support the use of affordable technology for everyone around the globe. Through the Employees Giving campaign they have donated 1 billion dollars to charity since 1983
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“Technology creates opportunities for people and organizations to realize their full potential” is the thought driving Microsoft’s corporate citizenship program. With the enduring commitment to serve needs of communities worldwide Microsoft is playing the role of a responsible global citizen. Going far beyond its products and services it has collaborated with business partners‚ governments and non profit organizations around the globe to fulfil its commitment. It delivers new technology to people
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Microsoft What is Microsoft? Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational software corporation headquartered in Redmond‚ Washington that develops‚ manufactures‚ licenses‚ and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing. The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4‚ 1975. Microsoft is the world’s largest software maker measured by revenues. It is also one of the world’s most valuable companies The history of Microsoft began on April 4‚ 1975‚ when
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Bibliography... 13 1. Executive Summary Microsoft is a computer business company. It is famous for software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems‚ Microsoft Office suite‚ and Internet Explorer web browser. It is the world ’s largest software maker measured by revenues. Also Microsoft has a new development strategy in recent year which approaching to smart-phone industry. Microsoft built on the partnership with Nokia since 2011‚ and the significantly
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Microsoft opens the gates: patents‚ piracy‚ and political challenges inChina 1) Microsoft has faced significant challenges‚ such as the widespread piracy of its products‚Chinese government to transfer its technology‚ host government promotion of competitorproducts‚ discriminatory procurement practices by subnational authorities in China‚ andstrong encouragement to enter into joint ventures with local firms. The risk of piracy hasbeen diminishing as China joined the World Trade Organisation and
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Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond‚ Washington‚ that develops‚ manufactures‚ licenses‚ supports and sells computer software‚ consumer electronics and personal computers and services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems‚ Microsoft Office office-suite and Internet Explorer web browser. Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4‚ 1975. Microsoft is the world’s largest software maker
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The company that I am going to discuss in this case study is the IT firm ‘Microsoft’. Microsoft was originally founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975. It is a public multinational corporation which is headquartered in Redmond‚ Washington in the USA. Its aims are to develop‚ manufacture‚ license and support a wide range of products and services that are related to computing through its various product divisions. Microsoft is an example of a well-known monopolistic power. A monopoly exists when
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Microsoft Microsoft is a multinational computer technology corporation. The history of Microsoft began on April 4‚ 1975‚ when it was founded byBill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque. Its current best-selling products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software. In 1980‚ Microsoft formed a partnership with IBM that allowed them to bundle Microsoft’s operating system with IBM computers‚ paying Microsoft a royalty for every sale. In 1985‚ IBM
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Deadline extended! Microsoft CSR Case Study Competition 2011 Have you heard of corporate social responsibility? Are you passionate about not only doing business but also dong good at the same time? Do you believe that being socially responsible and sustainable is not only the good way but the right way to go? Here is the platform for you to express your ideas and challenge your mind. The deadline for signing up is extended to 23rd March The deadline for report submission is extended to 27th
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Background The beginning of Microsoft Inc. started with Bill Gates and Paul Allen writing computer program code for local businesses and municipalities. In 1975 they were inspired by an issue of Popular Electronics that showed the new Altair microcomputer kit‚ manufactured by MITS Computer. Bill Gates and Paul Allen wrote a version of BASIC‚ a computer programming language‚ for the machine. Later that year Bill Gates left Harvard University to work full time developing programming languages for
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