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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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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Motivation Techniques at Microsoft With more than 4‚000 of its 27‚000 employees already millionaires‚ Microsoft faces the challenge of figuring out how to motivating its employees though means other than pay raises. While this problem is not unique to Microsoft‚ the circumstances under which this problem evolved however‚ are. As a company that must caters to the needs of the ’professional’ worker‚ Microsoft’s motivational strategy should center around recognition of individual employee achievements
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The facts of the case 18 States and the Justice Department brought suit against Microsoft to "eliminate Microsoft’s unlawful practices‚ to avoid recurrence of similar practices and to restore the competitive threat that middleware products posed prior to Microsoft’s unlawful conduct. The procedural history of the case Microsoft grew the government’s attention in 1991‚ because word was that it was abusing its monopoly in the PC operating system market. The government had the FTC conduct an inquiry
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Microsoft is a world leader in the PC industry and has $36.2 billion of cash. However‚ sales of PC would not last forever! The PC industry which is in its fourth decade shows signs of saturation and maturity (exhibit 13 in case). Launching XBOX allowed Microsoft to drive a revolution in digital entertainment and deliver the future of experience. The decision taken by Microsoft lead to its diversification in gaming consoles and online gaming industry. The diversification allowed Microsoft to utilize
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Microsoft in 2005 As their 2005 fiscal year came to a close‚ Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer could reflect on the last year as well as the previous five years-with mixed emotions. Microsoft had slowed down after two decades of spectacular growth in revenues‚ profits‚ and stock price (see Exhibits 1‚ 2‚ and 3). Although Microsoft remained one of the most valuable and profitable companies in the world‚ its two core products‚ Windows and Office‚ had been experiencing anemic growth in revenues and profits
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hired‚ why do people work so hard at Microsoft? What motivates them? Answer: First‚ the culture of Microsoft. As the vision Gates mentioned: a computer on every desk in every home‚ running on Microsoft software‚ spirited many young to work hard. Second‚ rigorous and firm recruiting policy and process. As Ballmer said‚ “ We want people who are smart‚ who work hard‚ and who get things done.” Third‚ Challenging work assignments and tasks. Microsoft believed that individuals were best developed
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Success in my own words. Success is an enigmatic entity. Most of us pursue it as a fixed entity that will magically leave us content. But according to me‚ that is as far from the truth as can be. Because contentment is the enemy of success. The moment I were to feel that I am content‚ is the moment my success stops. The passion to challenge myself is the fuel that I need to burn in order to keep achieving success. It is very common in India that right from a very young age‚ our success is
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1 Executive Summary After the successful acquisition of Yahoo!‚ Microsoft has increased its share on the internet search market and become market leader in web-service subscribers. However‚ it is still far behind Google in the searching advertising market. Although Google is by far the leading power in search advertising today‚ internet search technology is still in its infancy and there are much room for improvement. Microsoft shall invest on the R & D research of search technology and the
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Viewed together‚ three main facts indicate that Microsoft enjoys monopoly power. First‚ Microsoft’s share of the market for Intel-compatible Personal Computer (PC) operating systems is extremely large and stable. Second‚ Microsoft’s dominant market share is protected by a high barrier to entry. Third‚ and largely as a result of that barrier‚ Microsoft’s customers lack a commercially viable alternative to Windows‚ the operating system of all PC’s. Microsoft enjoys so much power in the market for Intel-compatible
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