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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Microsoft Organizational Growth & Control Study Microsoft Organizational Growth & Control Study Microsoft has been a highly influential and instrumental organization of change during our lifetime. At times we praise these innovations‚ and at times we’ve cursed it. The Government has tried to control it. Organizations have tried to imitate it. By no means has this company had an easy time. Organizational growth goes through stages‚ each culminating in a crisis stage which must be overcome
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Public Sector Objective The objective of this Standard is to establish principles for reporting financial information by segments. The disclosure of this information will: (a) help users of the financial statements to better understand the entity’s past performance and to identify the resources allocated to support the major activities of the entity; and (b) enhance the transparency of financial reporting and enable the entity to better discharge its accountability obligations. Definition
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Case Details Case Code : HROB011 HR Problems Period : 1997 - 2001 Pub Date : 2001 Teaching Note : Available Organization : Microsoft Corporation Industry : Information Technology Countries : USA Abstract: The case examines the charges of gender/racial discrimination and sexual harassment against leading IT company Microsoft. It explores in detail the treatment meted out to female employees in the company’s initial years and the measures Microsoft took to improve the work culture
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Financial Reporting Quality and Investment Efficiency Rodrigo S. Verdi The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania 1303 Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall Philadelphia‚ PA 19104 Email: rverdi@wharton.upenn.edu Phone: (215) 898-7783 Abstract This paper studies the relation between financial reporting quality and investment efficiency on a sample of 49‚543 firm-year observations between 1980 and 2003. Financial reporting quality has been posited to improve investment efficiency‚ but there has been
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Website Design for McBride Financial Learning Team B BSA / 375 June 17‚ 2014 Susan Peterson Website Design for McBride Financial (Introduction to the entire paper goes here) McBride Financial Background (Description of the organization including background‚ primary products/services‚ and locations.) Description of Service Request (Description of the service request including the number and title that was selected for the learning team papers and presentation.) Business
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RIGA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT COURSE E-TRADE FINANCIAL CORPARATION CASE STUDY by Asli Seven Nazir Emre Adir Shamla Tsargand Lecturer: Andrejs Chirjevskis Autumn 2011 Question 1.Revise E-Trade Vision and Mission Statement.Develop a SWOT anaylses. When we have a look at E-Trade’s vision statement‚ we see that they emphasize on self-directed investors and the world market. For the company being reachable from even sitting at home is important. They say
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2. Costing aircraft components A British Aerospace case study Introduction When we think about the cost of an aircraft‚ we tend to think of the cost of buying the product rather than the costs of running it! British Aerospace’s service to the customer does not stop at the aircraft acquisition stage‚ when the aeroplane is sold to the customer. If anything‚ this is when the customer relationship begins. This case study focuses upon the processes involved in costing aircraft components. Given the
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Tata Sky is an immediate telecast satellite TV supplier in India‚ utilizing MPEG-4 advanced pressure innovation‚ transmitting utilizing INSAT-4A and GSAT-10 satellite. Consolidated in 2004‚ Tata Sky is a Joint endeavor between the Tata Group and 21st Century Fox Its essential rivals in satellite TV and other DTH administration suppliers are – Airtel Digital TV‚ Dish TV‚ Sun Direct‚ Reliance Digital TV‚ DD Direct+ and Videocon D2H. It at present offers 400+ SD channels and 63+ HD channels and administrations
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|Microsoft Zune | |Proposal | Background The market for portable music players has been an industry that continues to be innovative and in current years has been dominated by Apple products. Apple has been in the portable music industry since 2001 and the world has been forever changed due to their ever-popular iPod
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