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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Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy Q1. What are the factors that likely explain the equity and its reported book value of equity? Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 1999 Market Capitalisation: USD 460 Billion Book Value: USD 28 Billion MVE more than 16 times of BVE! Factor 1 Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 Intangible Assets • BVE does not reflect certain intangible assets’ value such as brand‚ customer loyalty‚ and human capital – Likely to provide tremendous earnings growth
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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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information offerings such as Bing and the MSN portals and channels. Server and Tools Business: Microsoft infrastructure software‚ developer tools and cloud platform‚ including products such as Windows Server‚ SQL Server‚ Visual Studio‚ System Center and the Windows Azure Platform. Microsoft Business Solutions: A portfolio of Microsoft Dynamics products and services‚ as well as Microsoft Health Solutions. Microsoft Office Division: Productivity products and services‚ including Office‚ Exchange‚ SharePoint
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Working Capital Strategies By Forecasted If Microsoft forecasted revenue increase by 20 percent’s for the upcoming year‚ several parts of the annual report will be affected by the 20% increase forecast. First of all‚ the income statements will alter their revenues from 16‚195 million dollars to 19‚434 million dollars. Revenue is not the only thing that changes since there are other expenses that need to be changed. For example in the income statement‚ the operating expenses will not have
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in the business of making products whose surfaces are bonded together. This accounts for both Post-It notes and computer disks. A firm’s mission should generally include a discussion of the customers served (e.g.‚ Wal-Mart and Nordstrom’s serve different groups)‚ the kind of technology involved‚ and the markets served. Several issues are involved in selecting target customers. We will consider these in more detail within
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1.0 Introduction The purpose of this report is to identify a firm that is widely considered to be innovative. It will include the business environment and how it impacts upon the firm and it’s opportunities for innovation‚ the sources of competitive advantage and the strategic options that are available to the firm. From the declared strategic options‚ an evaluation of the risks of implementing strategic change will be made to achieve this option. 1.1 Background to Apple Inc. Apple Inc. is a multinational
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ASSIGNMENT Course Title: Introduction to Business Course Code: BUS 503 Sec: -- Submitted To: --------------------- Lecturer‚ MBA Program‚ BRAC University Submitted By: S. N. S. Date of Submission: 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
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Corporate Level Strategies Kinds of Grand Strategies: * Stability Strategies * Growth Strategies * Retrenchment Strategies * Combination Strategies Stability Strategies The basic approach is ‘maintain present course: steady as it goes.’ In an effective stability strategy‚ companies will concentrate their resources where the company presently has or can rapidly develop a meaningful competitive advantage in the narrowest possible product-market scope consistent with the firm’s
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Hierarchical Levels of Strategy Strategy can be formulated on three different levels: corporate level business unit level functional or departmental level. While strategy may be about competing and surviving as a firm‚ one can argue that products‚ not corporations compete‚ and products are developed by business units. The role of the corporation then is to manage its business units and products so that each is competitive and so that each contributes to corporate purposes. Consider
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