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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In United States vs. Microsoft Corporation it was a case of U.S. antitrust law in which the Microsoft Corporation supposedly violated the 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act sections 1 and 2. Section 1 of the Sherman Act states that anti-competitive behavior such as contracts‚ combinations‚ and conspiracies in restraint of trade are all illegal. Section 2 states that establishments of monopolies and attempts at monopolies are illegal and the violation must be proved. The case was initiated in May of 1998
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MONOPOLY A monopoly is an enterprise that is the only seller of a good or service. In the absence of government intervention‚ a monopoly is free to set any price it chooses and will usually set the price that yields the largest possible profit. Just being a monopoly need not make an enterprise more profitable than other enterprises that face competiton the market may be so small that it barely supports one enterprise. But if the monopoly is in fact more profitable than competitive enterprises
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Microsoft Lumia – How to Reconquer? On 3 September 2013 Microsoft announced its intent to acquire Nokia Mobile business which was closed in 2014 and after November 2014 there has been only the Singular Brand – Microsoft Lumia. But the sales have continuously gone down from 2014 until 2016 with market share dropping below 1% and it would be really soon that Microsoft Lumia completely phases out and the real threat is the Platform that has been used by Microsoft Lumia – Windows Platform. It is clearly
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ability to attract‚ motivate and retain superior people. In attracting employees Microsoft mainly targeted the stars. Stars are the core employees that can add value to the organization through their knowledge‚ skills and abilities (Boselie‚ 2010). At Microsoft there has been a hands on mentality made for ambitious people. Lepak and Snell (2007) built a theory about different employees and its HR strategies. Microsoft has an internalized and relational focus with its employees. Strategic value of
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS COURSEWORK 2 ADBM Answer 1(a) Demand and supply curves are graphical representations of the relationships between price and quantity. When we know the relationship we can easily find the relationship by easy algebra. General equation a linear (straight-line) demand curve is P = a -bQD Placing the price on the Y axis and the quantity demanded on the X axis. a=Y intercept; -b=slope Clearly‚ a must be positive‚ and the minus sign on b indicates that quantity demanded
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characteristics of monopoly are: (1) a single firm selling all output in a market‚ (2) a unique product‚ (3) restrictions on entry into and exit out of the industry‚ and more often than not (4) specialized information about production techniques unavailable to other potential producers. These four characteristics mean that a monopoly has extensive (boarding on complete) market control. Monopoly controls the selling side of the market. If anyone seeks to acquire the production sold by the monopoly‚ then they
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Monopoly Monopoly means a market where there is only one seller of a particular good or service.In economics‚ a monopoly (from the Latin word monopolium – Greek language monos‚ one + polein‚ to sell) is defined as a persistent market situation where there is only one provider of a product or service. Monopolies are characterized by a lack of economic competition for the good or service that they provide and a lack of viable substitute goods. Monopoly should be distinguished from monopsony‚ in which
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Activity 2 BSAD 1050 1. In a free market‚ greed prevents monopoly. Explain. A free market prevents a monopoly because it does not allow someone or‚ some company‚ to corner the market. There is always someone else that is willing to make or sell a product for the same or lesser price. For instance‚ in a free market there is not just one phone or cable company providing television or phone service. Other companies are allowed by law to provide those same services. Since the goal of the
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2.2 Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) MOF is presented in a 23-document series for the guidance IT professionals. The framework was first published in 2008 and updated in 2016 and now referred to as MOF 4.0. The document guides through the activities of creating‚ executing and handling efficient and cost-effective services. It provides a complete IT service lifecycle and includes phases like Planning‚ Delivery‚ Operations and Management. MOF 4.0 brings practical guidance for daily IT practices
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