Running head: CASE 7 !1 ! ! ! ! MICROSOFT V THE WORLD Marc Mattison Colorado Technical University ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Author Note This paper was prepared for [PHIL301], [CS13-01], taught by [Carolyn Geiser] on [October 20, 2013]. CASE 7 !2 ! MICROSOFT VS THE WORLD Long before Google was born and before Apple was the most powerful company in the world there was Microsoft. Microsoft was the leader in software, services and solutions. Unfortunately for the competition Microsoft
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many big companies out there that have stepped out of line and because they have good lawyers they are able to break those laws without getting penalized. However there are those occasions that those laws actually help out. One example is the Antitrust Law. Also referred to as "Competition Laws" - are statutes developed by the U.S. Government to protect consumers from predatory business practices by ensuring that fair competition exists in an open-market economy. One particular company that plays
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Unclassified Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development DAF/COMP(2014)14 06-Jun-2014 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ English - Or. English DIRECTORATE FOR FINANCIAL AND ENTERPRISE AFFAIRS COMPETITION COMMITTEE DAF/COMP(2014)14 Unclassified AIRLINE COMPETITION -- Background Paper by the Secretariat -18-19 June 2014 This document was prepared by the OECD
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international transactions will be explained. Break down the whole regulation of international business activities, such as investing and export and import controls and bribing foreign officials. And lastly, how U.S laws apply in a global context, such as antitrust laws and antidiscrimination laws. International Law: Essential Aspects Explained International business and commerce has always been a big part of civilization and throughout history. What is new today is the rapid growth of exchange of goods
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Gaining Familiarity Microsoft was founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque New Mexico in 1975 and incorporated in 1981. Product: Microsoft develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a wide range of software products and computing devices. Software products: Scalable operating systems for servers, personal computers, intelligent devices, server applications software development tools Customers: Consumers,Small and medium sized organizations, enterprises
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Chapter 12 suggested answers 1. It has been said that Porter’s five-forces analysis turns antitrust law on its head. What do you think this means? Antitrust laws are intended to protect, promote competition and to push industry profits towards competitive floor in order to resist market dominance. Porter’s five forces model reflects that an industry has absolute market power if threat of entrants and substitutes are low along with weak bargaining power among suppliers and buyers, and if industry
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capitalistic society if there was not a standard way of doing business because business needs are always evolving from decade to decade. Back in the 1800's there were not any class action lawsuits, litigation explosions, securities regulations or antitrust laws. The business arena needs a way to change the rules as it relates to the business environment and maintain healthy competition amongst businesses in the world. Legal strategy is the ammunition used to change the laws as it relates to business
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is controlled as well as the circulation of goods and services. The law protects almost everything including people create patents, trademarks, and copyrights for businesses. There is another type of law in business which is called antitrust law. The antitrust law prevents companies to control and overtake other companies. The Federal Trade Commission, U.S. patent and trademark office have control and power over business law. In society law is everywhere. The law tells you whether you can
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Recommendations that would have remedied any sanctions in this case 1) Instead of an illegal agreement between the organization members regarding the consumer cost, the white sands Healthcare system, L.L.C. could become a legitimate joint venture for antitrust purposes which is not subject to rule but rather it is evaluated under the "rule of reason". This analysis allows the facts of a particular case to be reviewed to determine weather the joint conduct of competitors promotes or regulates
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Major Milestones of the Telecommunications Industry 1837 Samuel Morse invents the telegraph - The information age began with the telegraph, which was invented by Samuel F.B. Morse in 1837. This was the first instrument to transform information into electrical form and transmit it reliably over long distances. The earliest form of electrical communication, the original Morse telegraph of 1837 did not use a key and sounder. Instead it was a device designed to print patterns at a distance. 1858
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