The U.S. government charged that Microsoft had violated antitrust law. Microsoft disagreed. Do you agree with the U.S. government‚ or with Microsoft? In answering this question‚ you may wish to address two issues. Was Microsoft a monopoly? Did it use its monopoly to compete unfairly against other companies? Commencing in 1990‚ Microsoft was investigated and then charged with violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act which governs United States businesses. The company was determined to be a monopoly
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(A)True (B)False 53 Default number of decimal points can be changed with the Increase Decimal and Decrease Decimal buttons. (A)True (B)False 54 "To have Microsoft Excel always use a specific currency symbol‚ change the currency symbol selected in Regional Settings in Control Panel before you start Excel." (A)True (B)False 55 The name of a cell or range can be same as the cell/range reference. (A)True (B)False 56 =SUM(Sheet2:Sheet13!B5) adds all the values contained in cell
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is essential is that you use the calculations to substantiate your solution‚ make a good argument using your own results. The Assignment General guidelines Prepare your solution to this case in the form of a 5-page report‚ accompanied by an Excel or Scalc spreadsheet with relevant calculations. When writing the report‚ assume that the intended audience is the budget committee of Nestlé’s major competitor which finds itself in a similar situation right now. It is considering whether it is
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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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Discussion Questions DRAGON SOUP AND EARNINGS MANAGEMENT For Case (A) 1. Using Excel sheet provided‚ and the recommended consequential disclosures as a basis for your analysis‚ what recommendations would you give Phillips on each of the items listed below? In each case‚ justify your recommendations and estimate how much the decision will change the true value of the company and its value in the eyes of an investor in a private company. a. The lease or buy decision‚ including whether to structure
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Linux vs. Windows Case Study Abstract The Linux vs. Windows case study presented Windows as the incumbent platform with a first mover advantage and Linux as the challenger. I would like to take a different approach to analyzing these two platforms and see what we can learn. If we assume that the history of Linux starts in 1991‚ Linux is following in the footsteps of Windows. But if we consider the hereditary connection between Linux and Unix‚ the story of Linux now starts in 1969‚ and Windows
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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 able to sell MS-DOS to all the other vendors and become the dominant OS developer in the PC market. When Excel and Word failed to compete in the PC market with Lotus and WordPerfect‚ Microsoft turned its attention to the Apple market where there were fewer competitors. Apple had smaller share in the OS market‚ so few companies were building software for the
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document the strengths and weaknesses of public trading‚ mergers‚ and acquisitions‚ along with the opportunities or disadvantages the company may face with any of the three approaches. Strengths of an Initial Public Offering (IPO) One of the first advantages of an IPO that a company will realize is an increase in
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market •1990’s two threats to Microsoft’s Monopoly: Netscape Navigator‚ Java •15 December 1994‚ Netscape Navigator captured 70% browser market •May 1995 Sun Microsystems developed java‚ a platform independent language •September 1996 Bill gates Asked manager to neutralize java •Java Netscape Joined forces •June 1995 Microsoft team met Netscape executives‚ proposed Browser market division •MS refused to share code of window 95‚ Netscape had to wait till it launched to develop its browser for
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Managing Innovation MBA-678 Professor John Byrne November 20‚ 2012 Allyson Mabry Executive Summary Although Netscape had first mover advantage and a strong product; Microsoft was able to knock them out of the competition for Internet browser control. This was accomplished mainly by bundling Microsoft’s Internet browser‚ Internet Explorer‚ with its operating systems. Netscape was unable to compete and was ultimately purchased by America Online. AOL can now utilize several of the Netscape’s
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