Microsoft Solutions Framework White Paper Published: June 2003 For more information on Microsoft Solutions Framework‚ see http://www.microsoft.com/msf Microsoft Solutions Framework version 3.0 Overview Contents Abstract 3 Audience 3 Introduction 3 MSF Origins and Brief History 4 MSF and Microsoft Operations Framework 6 Key MSF Terms 6 Foundational Principles 8 MSF Models 15 MSF Disciplines 18 Microsoft’s
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Corporate strategy Corporate strategy • A diversified company has two levels of gy strategy: – Business unit (or competitive) strategy – Corporate (or companywide) strategy Corporate (or companywide) strategy • Makes the corporate whole add up to more than the sum of its business unit parts. sum of its business unit parts • H t How to enter a new industry t i d t – Acquisitions‚ joint ventures and startups A sober picture A sober picture • The short‐term stock price reaction to merger
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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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Organizational Behavior – STUDY NOTES (Part 2) CHAPTER 4 – Job Satisfaction Job Satisfaction- A pleasurable emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one’s job or experiences; how a person feels about their job. Why are some employees more satisfied then others? People are satisfied when their jobs provide what they value Values- Things that people consciously or unconsciously want to seek or attain Value Fulfillment Value-percept theory – argues that job satisfaction depends
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The case against Microsoft was brought buy the U.S. Department of Justice‚ as well as several state Attorneys General. Microsoft is accused of using and maintaining monopoly power to gain an unfair advantage in the market. The case has been under observation for a long time‚ but the Justice department is having trouble coming up with substantial evidence against Microsoft. Specifically‚ the Department must prove:<br><li>That Microsoft has monopoly power and is using it to gain unfair leverage in
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call Microsoft. We see that personal computing is a path to the future. In 1975‚ Gates and Allen form a partnership called Microsoft. Like most start-ups‚ Microsoft begins small‚ but has a huge vision—a computer on every desktop and in every home. During the next years‚ Microsoft begins to change the ways we work. Starting in 1980‚ Microsoft formed an important partnership with IBM that allowed them to bundle Microsoft ’s operating system with computers that they sold‚ paying Microsoft a royalty
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integrate and coordinate activities; Organizing involves arranging and structuring work to accomplish the organization’s goals; Leading involves working with and through people to accomplish organizational goals; Controlling involves monitoring‚ comparing‚ and correcting work performance. Background of Company Microsoft Corporation‚ incorporated in 1981‚ is engaged in developing‚ licensing and supporting a range of software products and services. The Company also designs and sells hardware‚ and delivers
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the early 1970’s two young men stumbled upon what would one day‚ be one of the top companies within its market. Paul Allen and Bill Gates‚ founders of Microsoft Corp‚ had a vision that every household would own a personal computer‚ and they were going to be the ones to help make that possible through the development of computer software. Microsoft was first able to get a foot in the market when IBM approached them in June of 1980 about developing an operating system for their new line of personal
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1. How has Microsoft responded to competitive threats and opportunities in the past? What patterns do you see? Microsoft typically entered markets when it realized potential of dominance. The second time IBM asked Gates to build them an OS‚ Gates saw potential‚ believing that the OS would become a standard that other manufacturers could use as well. Microsoft bought DOS from another software vendor‚ modified it and licensed it to IBM. Gates held onto the copyright‚ and as he predicted he was
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The Microsoft Antitrust Case A Case Study For MBA Students by Nicholas Economides* Revised April 2003 Abstract This case study discusses briefly the economic and legal issues pertaining to the antitrust case of the United States and a number of States against Microsoft. * Stern School of Business‚ New York University‚ New York‚ NY 10012‚ (212) 9980864‚ fax (212) 995-4218‚ http://www.stern.nyu.edu/networks/‚ neconomi@stern.nyu.edu Copyright ©‚ N. Economides 2 Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5
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