UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER ULSTER BUSINESS SCHOOL Graduate Certificate in Business Module: BUSINESS STRATEGY Topic: Coursework 2 is an individual written report focusing on the application of strategic models used to assist organizations in making strategic choices. The core areas which must be covered in the report are detailed below: Organization Profile – a brief description and profile of the specific organization chosen within the industry sector
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Under the deal, Microsoft gets 12% of the revenue Yahoo generates from search ads that appear next to search results on its websites. Because the combined search-ad system was expected to face challenges initially, Microsoft guaranteed a certain level of revenue for every search query done on Yahoo's sites. Jordan Rohan, an analyst at Stifel Nicholas & Co., estimated that Microsoft's revenue-per-search guarantee is worth about $12 million to $15 million per quarter. The deal terms between
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Microsoft-Nokia Deal Microsoft took a bold move on 3 September 2013 that could change its view completely. Microsoft wants to recreate itself as a company that offers ‘devices and services’ and it has a built an important step towards that direction. Board of directors of both companies decided to take part in a transaction that will see Microsoft purchasing all devices, patents, licenses, and service businesses owned by Nokia. Microsoft made this move in line with their partnership promise made
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Microsoft-Nokia Deal Microsoft took a bold move on 3 September 2013 that could change its view completely. Microsoft wants to recreate itself as a company that offers ‘devices and services’ and it has a built an important step towards that direction. Board of directors of both companies decided to take part in a transaction that will see Microsoft purchasing all devices, patents, licenses, and service businesses owned by Nokia. Microsoft made this move in line with their partnership promise made
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Wall Street Journal wrote: "Nokia calls Microsoft for help." 1 The Financial Times observed: "Elop jumps into the arms of former boss."2 The alliance was specifically initiated by Stephen Elop, an ex-Microsoft executive who had worked with Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft. No wonder Nokia hired Elop to become its CEO in 2010. This was a calculated move by Nokia to grow in an industry that carried good prospects for the future. In addition, Elop's expertise was in the software sector, where Nokia
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TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS, CUSTOMERS, PARTNERS AND EMPLOYEES: This is a unique letter for me — the last shareholder letter I will write as the CEO of the company I love. We have always believed that technology will unleash human potential and that is why I have come to work every day with a heart full of passion for more than 30 years. Fiscal Year 2013 was a pivotal year for Microsoft in every sense of the word. Last year in my letter to you I declared a fundamental shift in our business to a devices
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Financial Management ------------------------------------------------- BUS508 Dr. Etido Akpan, Professor Financial Management Financial Statements and annual reports are crucial tools for evaluating a business and deciding whether or not to invest in that company. Google and Microsoft are two major corporations that lead Internet technology and information retrieval. Both corporations list their financial information on their respective websites (www.google.com and www.microsoft.com) on
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manager, you will benefit by being more aware of your employees’ communication styles. Job satisfaction and productivity increase when employees feel that their leaders understand their personal needs and take these into consideration.” (Gates, & Ballmer, 2008) If you present yourself as a person who listens and respects your employees in return they will respect you and the work flow will go smoothly for your company. If you present yourself as a person who is demanding and bossy the employees will
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Name: Pankaj S. Vyas Roll No: P 60 MMS 2nd year Submitted To: Prof. Pallavi Chandawaskar Marketing Assignment- Case Study-“Microsoft Unveils Surface” Q1) With a launch of surface, what difficulties Microsoft will be facing in challenging Apples dominance of Ipad being market leader? Ans: The following are the difficulties Microsoft will be facing in challenging Apples dominance of Ipad being market leader: 1) The first difficulty is that they are moving totally from their core business
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Case on: profiles of two visionaries: bill gates and Steve jobs Prepared for: Rumana Afrose Lecturer Department of Business Administration East West University Prepared by: Md. Taijul Islam ID: 2009-2-10-217 Subject Code: MGT 101Section: 09 | Date of Submission: November 04, 2013 Table of content: Introduction In this assignment contrasting leadership style of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs has been analyzed and main features of the style have been described. The impact of their
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