Assumptions of Monopoly Market: The monopoly describes an industry by comprising a single firm. In other words‚ the firm and the industry are one and the same. In the absence of regulation‚ monopolists can exercise control over the prices they charge for products and services. Of course‚ in reality‚ it is often difficult to define industries (whether in terms of product produced or area covered)‚ which often causes problems in defining monopolies. The three main assumptions of monopoly are: • Single
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14/08/2013 Case 2.1: Strategy for Competing with Microsoft: Fight or Flight? Question-1: Was it ethical for Microsoft to force users of its Windows operating system to use its internet browsers as well by bundling the programs together and preventing PC manufacturers from making other software available to computer buyers? Was Microsoft’s behavior toward its rivals ethical? Why or why not? Answer: By bundling its internet browser and other programs together Microsoft was forcing its buyers
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Strategy and the Internet by Michael E. Porter Reprint r0103d March 2001 HBR Case Study Mommy-Track Backlash r0103a Alden M. Hayashi First Person The Job No CEO Should Delegate r0103b Larry Bossidy HBR at Large The Nut Island Effect: When Good Teams Go Wrong r0103c Paul F Levy . Strategy and the Internet r0103d Michael E. Porter Building the Emotional Intelligence of Groups r0103e Vanessa Urch Druskat and Steven B. Wolff Not All M&As Are
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Operating System UNIT - 1 Roadmap • What is an Operating System? • • • • • • • • Operating System Objectives/Functions The Evolution of Operating Systems Major Achievements Structuring methods Design of API’s Interrupts Device Organization User/System state Transition What is an Operating System? • A program that acts as an intermediary between a user of a computer and the computer hardware. OR • A program that controls the execution of application programs. • Kernel – the one program
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OPERATING SYSTEM - FILE SYSTEM http://www.tutorialspoint.com/operating_system/os_file_system.htm Copyright © tutorialspoint.com File A file is a named collection of related information that is recorded on secondary storage such as magnetic disks‚ magnetic tapes and optical disks.In general‚ a file is a sequence of bits‚ bytes‚ lines or records whose meaning is defined by the files creator and user. File Structure File structure is a structure‚ which is according to a required format
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Google Chrome Google Chrome is a freeware web browser developed by Google Chrome uses about 35-40Mb‚ in common with five pages‚ compared to 60 MB required browser Firefox Improved protection from sites with malware‚ fast loading pages (such as loading the start page of just 5.1 Has an incognito tab for people who don’t want things to show on their history. Fast browsing performance More control over tabs Built in flash and pdf support makes searching so easy Great security Free to download
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Nokia Corporation (“Nokia”) has been the undisputed leader in the mobile phone space for as long as the market has been in existence. Under the previous generation of mobile phones‚ Nokia grew in scale and expanded its distribution channels and manufacturing flexibility to secure its place as the world’s largest handset developer. The handset giant currently commands roughly 37% of the world’s market for handset devices- manufacturing products in 10 countries across Europe‚ Latin America‚ and Asia. Further
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CONCLUSION Apple’s iPod is the market leader in digital music1.In United States (US); it holds about 76% of the market and 70% globally. In 2006‚ it was the first digital music player to be integrated into an American automobile2.This increased the sales of iPod and profits of Apple in general. The launch of its newer generation has immensely increased the profits of Apple. In 2007‚ with the increase market shares of the iPods‚ Apple launched the iPhone to reduce the number of electronic gadgets
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error or by a specific request from a user program that an OS service be performed .Dual-mode Operation allows OS to protect itself and other system components whereas Multimode Operation increasingly CPUs support multi-mode operations. System call provides the means for a user program to ask OS to perform OS tasks on the user program’s behalf. When a system callis executed‚ it is treated by H/W as a S/W interrupt. Timer protects CPU resource from getting stuck by a user program. To ensure OS maintains
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Strategy and the Internet |Published: |April 16‚ 2001 | |Author: |Michael E. Porter | Executive Summary: Don’t throw the strategy baby out with the Internet bath water. In this Harvard Business Review article‚ HBS professor Michael E. Porter urges business planners not to lose focus on strategic development and If average profitability is under pressure in many industries influenced by the Internet‚ it becomes all the more important for individual companies to set themselves
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