Company --Microsoft SM Assignment 9/6/2010 Kuldeep Singh – 930‚ Lalit Kumar Vimal – 931‚ Harsh Nigam – 924‚ Arpan Jain - 913 ‚ Ashish Sharma - 915 Contents Introduction 1 Analysis of Microsoft Annual Report – 2009 8 Industry Analysis for Software Industry 10 Internal Analysis 12 Microsoft Corporate Governance: 14 Bibliography………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….….17 Introduction Overview Microsoft Corporation is a public multinational corporation
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Microsoft’s Strategic Initiative Microsoft was cofounded on April 4‚ 1975‚ by childhood friends‚ Paul Allen and Bill Gates. Bill Gates served as the first CEO due to the 60/40 partnership he had with Paul Allen. The first Japanese office‚ ASCII Microsoft‚ opened in August 1977. Microsoft became incorporated in Washington thus becoming Microsoft Inc. in 1981. Microsoft’s many products include Microsoft’s Operating Systems‚ Microsoft Mouse‚ Windows‚ Microsoft Office‚ Internet Explorer‚ and the
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PESTLE analysis on wine industry Constellation Brands‚ E&J Gallo Winery‚ and Wine Group are amongst the three top producers of Wine in the United States. The success of the three organization have been acquired from the recent acquisitions‚ as well as‚ their capability of changing with the consumers needs the three major issues which the wine industry is currently being faced with entail upholds the standards of advertising‚ the corporate buyouts threat as well as‚ the increasing wine market. Industry
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Dr. Chemene Crawford Date due: 06/03/2006 The Anti-Trust Case against Microsoft Microsoft was founded in 1975 by founder Bill Gates‚ a former Harvard drop out (Lawrence‚ 455). The business grew and controlled 90% of the market for operating systems‚ with revenues of over nineteen billion dollars per year (Lawrence‚ 455). In the nineteen nineties‚ the Internet generation was starting to explode and Microsoft new that it would be a profitable market. This led to their approach to develop
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Application Software. Around 1990‚ Microsoft became more aggressive in application software for IBM-standard PCs. It began to bundle Word‚ Excel‚ and PowerPoint into a popular suite‚ MS Office. It also began to offer “competitive upgrades” – discounts for customers who were switching from WordPerfect and Lotus 1-2-3.Starting in 1995 and all the way to 2008‚ MS was the dominant provider of word processors‚ spreadsheets‚ and presentation software. Internet Browsers. Bill Gates sent a memo to his
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Microsoft Antitrust Claims Steve Lopez BUS 670: Legal Environment Prof. Mark A. Cohen November 27‚ 2012 Antitrust Claims faced by Microsoft Valid Microsoft is a large diversified computer software manufacturer that produces the Windows family of operating systems for personal computers and servers. Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded the company on April 4‚ 1975. Microsoft is now the world’s largest software maker based on yearly revenue
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vulnerabilities for the workgroup LAN based on the Microsoft Security Advisories are 2755801‚ 2719662‚ 2854544‚ 2846338‚ and 2847140. 2846338 involves privilege elevation‚ vulnerability in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Could Allow Remote Code Execution‚ and is a high priority. Three vulnerabilities and Solutions related to client configuration. Advisory Number: 2719662. Microsoft is announcing the availability of an automated Microsoft Fix it solution that disables the Windows Sidebar and
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SOCIAL FACTORS FROM PESTLE With the social factor‚ a business can analyze the socio-economic environment of its market via elements like customer demographics‚ cultural limitations‚ lifestyle attitude‚ and education. With these‚ a business can understand how consumer needs are shaped and what brings them to the market for a purchase. This has to do with the beliefs and culture of the society you are operating in. Population trends‚ dietary considerations‚ ethics and media‚ and spend habits are some
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The business model of Microsoft is on a very different spectrum than that of Red Hat. Microsoft’s business model seems to focus strongly on revenue. When reading about Microsoft’s model there were a few words that jumped out. They include hidden‚ pure profit and rejuvenating. Redhat seems to have a different focus with words that jump out such as volunteer‚ open and available‚ as well as best in the world. The companies also have some similarities such as their desire to make revenue and keep
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Innovation Strategy at Microsoft: Clouds on the Horizon Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational software corporation that develops‚ manufacturers‚ licenses and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing. Microsoft is the world’s largest software maker and affects millions of users worldwide every day. The company recorded all-time high revenue bringing in $73.7 billion for fiscal year 2012. After analyzing this case‚ I have concluded that the main problem
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