filings: * Form 10-Q for Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) for its quarter ended March 31‚ 2012‚ filed with the SEC on April 19‚ 2012 and * Form 10-Q for The Goldman Sachs Group‚ Inc. (GS) for its quarter ended June 30‚ 2012‚ filed with the SEC on August 9‚ 2012. The majority of the questions in this assignment can be answered by referring to the financial statements (Item 1) and Notes to Financial Statements in these Form 10-Qs. Name(s): Questions: Microsoft Corporation 1. List three
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Part 1 : Examine and analyze the financial ratios for eight pairs of unidentified companies and match the description of the company with the financial profile derived from the financial ratios. Beer Company D has higher current ratio and quick ratio which is higher 2.43x and 2.3x respectively. This was because Company D had higher cash and short term investment which was 55.6% while Company C only has 1.4%. It proves that Company D is financially conservative and it matches with the second described
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computers come in handy and are very useful. Marketing companies‚ Wall Street‚ major companies like those use computers. With computers‚ you can upload files‚ download files‚ and download anything you want from the internet. You can view files from Microsoft word or PowerPoint or even Excel. Next‚ major car companies use computerized robots to make cars. I honestly feel bad‚ because thousands of people lost their jobs due to computerized robots. Now there are even some cars that can park its self without
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feature of software development process at Microsoft (as discussed in the case)‚ according to you and WHY so? * In IT industry‚ we have two types of industries (1) Product Based: Build their own product and sell it in market / to clients and (2) Service Based: Build (software) applications / products for other companies and their clients. * Microsoft is more of Product Based. They accelerate new technologies as and when they evolve. Microsoft - the epitome of software product development
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The Microsoft Case It is well known that the Microsoft Corporation is the largest computer operating system manufacturer in the United States. The in late 1990’s‚ more than ninety percent of all personal computers that were sold were equipped with Microsoft [ (Wright‚ 1998) ]. Software companies felt secure in writing their programs in the Windows platform‚ knowing that their software would be compatible for most people’s PCs. With most software now being written for Windows‚ computer manufacturers
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Microsoft in China and India‚ 1993–2007 It was early summer 2007. Craig Mundie‚ chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft Corporation‚ had just completed a transcontinental phone call with Orlando Ayala‚ Will Poole‚ Tim Chen‚ Ravi Venkatesan (HBS MBA 1992)‚ and Ya-Qin Zhang‚ all members of the senior management team overseeing Microsoft’s growth in China and India. A decade ago‚ Mundie had begun to broaden Microsoft’s forays into both countries. Now‚ he continued to mentor the China and
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Case Analysis 1) Who should Microsoft have targeted at the launch of the Tablet PC & why? Before discussing who Microsoft should have targeted‚ we have to look at the strengths and weaknesses of the product. The success of any strategy depends on being able leverage the most of the strengths and rely less on the weaknesses. The strengths of Microsoft were its brand‚ distribution channel‚ existing enterprise user base and large resources. The risks involved those related to new product development
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Section 1 Presents some good guidelines for preparing cases in general. This information will help you prepare your group case to present to the class as well. Section 2 Describes specific questions that must be addressed in the course of your group presentation. Section 1 GUIDE TO CASE ANALYSIS Preparing a Case for Class Discussion If this is your first experience with the case method‚ you may have to reorient your study habits. Unlike lecture courses where you can get by without preparing intensively
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Microsoft Office Program: Helpful to Student’s Studies I. INTRODUCTION In this fast reaching world‚ the studies of every individual become more complicated. We have now going beyond the imagination of each human being and applying this through technology. Merely fact‚ technology is a very big help in the lives of each learners specifically to the highschool students here in Gonzalo Aler National High School. The school adapted technology as one of the most important tools in learning and computer
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Strategic Inflection: TiVo in 2005 Tivo’s consumer perception of its patented features and level of service could not be better. Tivo also had the first-mover advantage being the first company to enter the DVR market and still has a highly differentiated product that matches customer perception. There are network effects derived from current users promoting the brand via world-of-mouth‚ these references are vital to gain a significant consumer base in the mass market. The key issues TiVo
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