Microsoft: On anti-trust and monopolies (or How A Linux User Can Court Ostracism) Introduction In 1890‚ the US Congress passed the Sherman Act. Further‚ the Clayton Act was enacted in 1912. This was followed by the Robinson-Patman Act of 1936. These antitrust laws prohibit agreements in restraint of trade‚ monopolization and attempted monopolization‚ anticompetitive mergers and tie-in schemes‚ and‚ in some circumstances‚ price discrimination in the sale of commodities. Thus‚ the goals of
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healthy financial conditions. Though the Microsoft has more Net working capitals than Oracle‚ both of the two companies can pay back a $400 million debt in 30 days. On the other hand‚ with the data from their balance sheets‚ we can also get the debt-to-equity ratio of these two companies: Oracle Inc. 78.37% and Microsoft 82.74%. The ratios indicate that the Microsoft Corporation financed more with debts than the Oracle Inc.‚ and the investment to Microsoft may be riskier than that to Oracle. In conclusion
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Using EXCEL for Asset Allocation and Performing Market Efficiency Studies 1. Introduction There are several features in EXCEL that are very useful for asset allocation and performing market efficiency studies. These features used in conjunction with live or historical data allows one to apply the sophisticated techniques discussed in this class in practical situations. This write-up will introduce students to the various mathematical and statistical functions available in EXCEL and explain
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Kettering University Department of Business MGMT 659 - Strategy Summer 2013 Prof. Irish BUS Project – Microsoft Rakan Mogaddam Contents 1 Current Situation Analysis 3 1.1 Past Performance Indexes 3 1.1.1 Ratios 3 1.1.2 Industry Competitor Comparison 4 1.2 Strategic Posture 4 1.2.1 Mission Statement 5 1.2.2 Vision Statement 5 1.2.3 Strategies and Policies 5 2 Corporate Governance 6 2.1 Board of Directors 6 2.2 Top Management 7 2.3 Stakeholders 8 3 External
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In May of 1998‚ Microsoft Corporation was charged with violating parts of the Sherman act through a civil antitrust action‚ which would take place in the district court. This case was brought about by the 20 states of the US and by the District of Columbia. Since Microsoft was such a large corporation‚ there was a five-day period where they would make certain information confidential to the public in order to protect trade secrets from getting out. “The Microsoft Corporation violated the nation’s
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Determining Databases and Data Communications BIS 320 University of Phoenix Instructor: Cornell Perry In this paper the writer will seek to respond to the questions designated for both scenarios. This paper will list typical fields for each type of data. Provide an example of two relationships that you need to track. This paper will also answer the questions of: Do you need a database system? If not‚ can Excel® handle the data and the output? What are the advantages and disadvantages
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Topic#6: Relational Database Operators 6.1 Significance of Relational Operators • Relational database supports basic database operations in order to provide useful means for retrieving or manipulating data in tables. • Because the relational model has its mathematical basis upon the relational theory (by thinking tables as sets or relations)‚ the supported database operators conform to existing operators in relational algebra. • In fact‚ a relational database software implementation
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Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen‚ Microsoft became the most powerful force in today ’s software industry‚ earning a significant place in technology history. StrengthMicrosoft has developed a customer base of 30 million people. Its reputation was built on the successful development of its computer software-the Windows line of products. The breadth of their businesses and product portfolio is a competitive advantageThroughout last fiscal year‚ Microsoft made important adjustments to the cost
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Introduction of product (Microsoft tablet pc) ------------------------------------------------- History In 2002‚ original equipment manufacturers released the first tablet PCs designed to the Microsoft Tablet PC specification. This generation of Microsoft Tablet PCs were designed to run Windows XP Tablet PC Edition‚ the Tablet PC version of Windows XP.[3] This version of Microsoft Windows superseded Microsoft’s earlier pen computing operating environment‚ Windows for Pen Computing 2.0. After releasing
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1. Introduction The Microsoft case describes how the company was build and gives an insight in their Human Resource policies‚ from the early 1980 until the 2001. Bill Gates believed that in order to develop outstanding software‚ attracting the right people was crucial. The focus of their HR policy was to attract intelligent technical people. These technical people were the foundation of Microsoft’s great success. However (senior) management functions were also given to these technical employees
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