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A Short History of Cigarette Advertising

focusing on the positive aspects of cigarettes, tobacco companies would encourage smoking and they would often target certain grou...

Poster Art from Poland and South Africa

place in art history, even though the works of art are simply posters. It should also be noted that as the political system chang...

Antitrust in the 21st Century: Looking at Microsoft

Microsoft was giving away many of its popular products for free through Windows bundles, which it could afford due once again to t...

Hardware Marketed by Microsoft

case failed. Microsoft acknowledged that there were similarities between the two types of hardware, but maintained that they had b...

Different Styles of Leadership Represented by Bill Gates and Lee Iacocca

relative positions of relevant factors on a continuum. It may be easier for managers to alter circumstances than it is for them t...

MICROSOFT CASE ANALYSIS: RED RING OF DEATH

recommendation also means the Microsoft culture needs to change from one of infallibility into one in which risk can be assumed, a...

Outputs at Skype

chargeable, and are a main source of revenue. In 2011 the organisation had a total of 663 million different registered users (A...

Microsoft and Monopolies

competing Netscape equated to exclusive dealings and were anticompetitive (Lapotka, 2009). Not all charges were upheld; the second...

Microsoft and Free Enterprise Concepts

In fifteen pages this report discusses how Microsoft's expansion and development are influenced by American free enterprise concep...

Business Policy and Strategy of Microsoft

In nine pages Microsoft's corporate policies are examined in a description of its background, mission statement, and legal situati...

Microsoft and Bill Gates

company that produced the "worlds first minicomputer kit to rival commercial models...Altair 8800" (Hoyle, 1997, p. Lecture/). Th...

Theory and Microsoft

In ten pages Microsoft's history of product development is considered along with lack of marketplace acceptance of Explorer and Wi...

History of Standard Oil and Its Breakup

In seven pages this paper examines Standard Oil in an overview of its history, the government's contributions to its breakup, and ...

Financial Case Study of Microsoft

In ten pages this paper applies a SWOT analysis to Microsoft's position in this assessment of financial performance. Four sources...

Microsoft and Public Opinion

In seven pages this paper discusses Microsoft's current image and how it is perceived by the public. Fifteen sources are cited in...

Microsoft Financial Performance

However, revenues do not necessarily lead to profits. Unless a firm is making profits it is unlikely to survive in the long term. ...

Microsoft Office Access

this is known as Microsoft Office Access 2007, it was released in 2007 and is comparable only with Windows XP SP2 and Vista. Versi...

Microsoft and Their Diversification Strategy

Devices divisions are examples of this diversification. The level of competitive rivalry will depend on the level of intens...

Microsoft Zune

may want to preserve, but there seems to be little complaint about that among current customers. The Zune made a reasonable...

ZUNE AND ITUNES-- A COMPARISON

on television talk shows, as opposed to entertainment (such as movies or videos). This suggests that Zune is being structured to a...

A FAILURE OF PROJECT SCOPE: VISTA AND GEOPLEX

certainly the case for AT&T with its doomed Geoplex project, and Microsoft Corp. with its latest OS, optimistically called "Vista....

Security Patches Released by Microsoft

released in 2001 to correct the programs "vulnerability that could allow malicious code to run in a Rich Text Format (RTF) documen...

XBox Users and Buyers

event organiser set up promotion for the X-box with games such as Crash Nitrocart as well as the Simpsons Hit and Miss, These were...

Benefits of Microsoft Excel

that number-crunchers have come to rely on" (p.29). The one main advantage of Excel, according to many experts (not to men...

Attitudes of the Public and the Impact of Advertising

Happy Meals occupying the screen, the boy ecstatically describes the many choices from Chocolate Milk to Apple Juice, from Apple D...

2001 through 2005 Financial Performance of Microsoft

27.9 38.1 22.2 26.60 Price/Sales Ratio 16.1 10.7 8.7 8.5 6.8 6.16 Price/Book Value 8.3 5.6 4.5 4.2 5.5 5.91 Current Ratio 3.56 3.8...

Overview of the Microsoft Antitrust Case

fence replied: "Thats crazy. Microsoft is on a rampage, and the Department of Justice should rein the company in" (1995, p.106). ...

Microsoft's Software Dominance Threatened

offers. In addition, whether or not the company has achieved an unfair share...

Microsoft SQL and Oracle 10g

software market by offering a new 64-bit database, claiming that the new system had performances rivaling those of the Unix-based ...

Help Desk Software Selection

Every programmer approaches tasks differently. A dozen programmers can be given the same assignment and produce code that provide...