A WATER UTILITY CONCESSIONER PORTERS FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 1. Rivalry among existing competitors- Low to Non-Existent. Since it is under concession agreement‚ there is no other water utility company that can engage any business similar to A Water Utility concessioner‚ unless granted by the government under special agreement and with full knowledge and approval of A Water Utility concessioner. 2. Threat of new entrants- Low to Non-Existent. Companies that may want to apply for the concession
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MICROSOFT WINDOWS I. Introduction Microsoft Windows is a series of graphical interface operating systems developed‚ marketed‚ and sold by Microsoft. Windows was introduced in 1985 as a graphical operating environment for MS-DOS regarding to the growing number of users interest in graphical user interfaces (GUI). As a result‚ the world’s personal computer market is gradually dominated by Microsoft Windows with over 90% market share‚ surpassing Mac OS‚ which had been introduced in 1984. In September
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Table of Contents Introduction History of the Microsoft Company History of the Yahoo Company Merger Conclusion Reference Introduction Voluntary amalgamation of two firms on approximately equal terms into one new legal entity called merger. Mergers are effected by exchange of the pre-merger stock (shares) for the stock of the new firm. Owners of each pre-merger firm continue as owners‚ and the resources of
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may be subjective or objective by using social theories. Microsoft stands aloft on a high pedestal today supported by strong pillars which include unique leadership‚ strategy‚ people and culture and these make the concern conspicuous and outstanding from the rest of the world. 2) Objective of the study: This study throws light on how Microsoft has grown to its present dimensions and is upcoming with astonishing velocity. Microsoft can be held as a trend setter in its method of organizing
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Case introduction and background[1] The IMAX corporation has been at the forefront of groundbreaking movie technology since the 1960s. Their expertise in multi-screen‚ large-format filmmaking that creates an immersive experience has suffered relatively few competitors over the years. Distinctive brand identity has added to IMAX’s market differentiation. Initially‚ IMAX opened theatres in institutions such as museums and aquariums‚ and created documentary style films with high educational
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10/30/14 10/20/14 Former Microsoft Executive‚ Robbie Bach received a generous applause from approximately a thousand people at Tuesday night’s Bo Forum. Bach’s speech‚ which is titled‚ “Privacy at Risk: Challenges to protecting Personal Identity and Data”‚ gave very strong insight on keeping ones private information private. Bach worked as a strongly influential leader in the making of the Xbox‚ and the Xbox 360. Robbie Bach also had a large influence on the expansion of Microsoft Office. Bach’s knowledge
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Sony Corporation is an electronic company manufacturing major products such as televisions‚ digital imaging‚ audio/video‚ semiconductors‚ electronic components‚ smart phones and medical related equipment. Additionally‚ Sony offers other products such as financial services and life insurance (Reuters). At one point‚ Sony was one of the leading electronic companies. Today‚ Forbes marked Sony as the 79th company on the “The World’s Most Valuable Brands” (“Forbes”‚ 2015) However‚ it has been challenging
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Google failures. GOOGLE ANSWERS. In competition with Yahoo! Answers‚ Google created Google Answers a program which goal was to answer all kind of questions users could have. The program counted with a team of researchers guaranteeing correct‚ quality answers‚ despite this‚ users favored Yahoo!’s. WHY? First mistake Google made was charging clients for posts. People didn’t want to pay when they could use Yahoo‚ which is totally free‚ although their answers don’t have the same quality as the ones
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Microsoft in China and India‚ 1993–2007 It was early summer 2007. Craig Mundie‚ chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft Corporation‚ had just completed a transcontinental phone call with Orlando Ayala‚ Will Poole‚ Tim Chen‚ Ravi Venkatesan (HBS MBA 1992)‚ and Ya-Qin Zhang‚ all members of the senior management team overseeing Microsoft’s growth in China and India. A decade ago‚ Mundie had begun to broaden Microsoft’s forays into both countries. Now‚ he continued to mentor the China and
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Like most large corporations Microsoft has a human resources department that has a large impact on the overall operation of the company. Microsoft’s HR‚ like most has implemented practices that are critical to the company’s success‚ and others that prevent the company from reaching even greater heights. An HR practice which always has been crucial to Microsoft is its recruitment style. Microsoft is only interested in the best‚ to the point where they prefer to leave a position vacant
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