Corporate Governance Analysis Microsoft The CEO: Steven Anthony Ballmer has been the CEO of Microsoft since January 2000. He graduated from Detroit Country Day School‚ Michigan. He later joined Harvard University‚ where he studied Math and Economics. During that time‚ he lived down the hall from Bill Gates‚ Microsoft’s founder and Chairman of the Board. Ballmer joined Microsoft on June 11‚ 1980 as the first business manager and the 30th employee. His first salary was $50‚000 including 8% of
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Professor Course Date Shay`s Rebellion The 1787 rebellion was led by Daniel shay. He was not much literate‚ but he portrayed charismatic character. The “who`s who” of the day had been labeled a rebel‚ traitor‚ and coward. However‚ those allegations were nothing but distant from the truth. He was a devoted nationalist‚ and a decent military officer supporting America’s devolution. He had devoted over five years of his life in service of America`s government. In addition‚ besides devoting his life to
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Harriet Beecher Stowe and was first published in 1852. Uncle Tom’s Cabin is wholly about slavery‚ how slaves were treated and how they lived. Christianity‚ the incompatibility with slavery and Christian beliefs‚ and the outright evilness of slavery are recurring themes. From Uncle Tom’s Cabin you can infer a lot of things about the period it comes from. What people’s lives were like and what beliefs they held. You can see that people interacted with each other according to their beliefs and their
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American Revolution: What Were they Really Fighting For? I: Introduction A superficial understanding of the Revolutionary War may lead to believe that it was struggle in which the purpose of the colonists was to rid themselves of the cruelty and tyranny associated with the British colonial regime. This is simply not true‚ or at the very least‚ it is not the whole truth. For the most part‚ the inhabitants of the colonies took pride in calling themselves Englishmen‚ and under the so-called tyrannical
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make our world and society what it is today. SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION: There were many new scientific discoveries during the Enlightenment. There were many discoveries‚ especially astronomic‚ that greatly revolutionized the knowledge we know of today. The scientists during that time advanced in science using the scientific method. Some discoveries include the way our solar system revolves‚ and the universal law of gravitation. All of these theories and observations were improved over the years with
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In the early years of Christianity‚ there were no denominations. However much has changed since then and now there are numerous denominations all around the world today due to the development of historical events which has lead to many divisions. Many events in the history of the church have significantly affected denominations within Christianity. For example‚ the great schism between the Western and Eastern church which occurred in 1054AD. The well-known term the Great Schism refers to the
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Historically‚ What Were Apple’s Major Competitive Advantages? According to Hill‚ J.(2008:75) that the roots of competitive advantage is strategies‚ the root of strategies is distinctive competencies‚ the roots of distinctive competencies are resources and capabilities. Competitive advantage lead to superior profitability. So‚ talking about competitive advantages means about strategies‚ distinctive competencies‚ capabilities and resources. There are two types of competitive advantages: differentiation
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Georges Clemenceau and Italy’s Vittorio Orlando were known as the ’Big Five’. The Treaty was drawn up so Germany who was responsible for the war was to pay reparations to the allies and their associated powers. The Treaty consisted of Territorial Settlements‚ a war guilt clause‚ reparations and restrictions on military power. I agree that the Treaty of Versailles had some good points but there were more wrong than right. The main weaknesses of the Treaty were; it was a dictated piece that Germany was
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What Were the Primary Reasons for the “Fall” of Rome? By 200 BC‚ Rome was quickly becoming one of the world’s greatest empires with their excellent military conquering territory from modern day Scotland to Spain. After the Punic Wars and the defeat of Carthage‚ Rome had full control of the Mediterranean region‚ establishing colonies in North Africa‚ Egypt‚ the Middle East‚ and Asia Minor. Julius Caesar became Rome’s first emperor using his military influence. Under his reign‚ Rome shifted from
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Incandescent light‚ batteries‚ electrical outlets‚ telephones‚ and movies; what would life be like without them? Thanks to one man‚ Thomas Edison‚ we can have all of these luxuries‚ and many‚ many more. Thomas Edison lived from‚ 1847 to 1931‚ and in those years‚ he forever changed the world. Edison was quoted saying‚ “My desire‚ is to do everything within my power to further free the people from drudgery‚ and create the largest possible measure of happiness‚ and prosperity” (Edison qtd. In Venable
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