Business studies project on Microsoft

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1.0 Introduction

This is my business studies project on Microsoft. Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great software - any time, any place and on any device.

 Building on the popularity of the windows operating system, and the office productivity suite, Microsoft is now focused on developing technology for the next generation Internet. The company’s .Net platform will allow businesses to collaborate to offer an unprecedented range of integrated and customized solutions that enable their customers to act on information wherever and when ever they need it.

Microsoft was founded as a partnership on April 4, 1975, by William H. Gates III and Paul G. Allen, and incorporated on June 25, 1981. Headquartered in Redmond, Wash. The company operates subsidiary offices in more than 60 foreign countries and employs nearly 48,000 people worldwide.

2.0 Type Of Goods/Service Provided

        Microsoft sell many products worldwide but specialise in software, user interface devises (Keyboards, Mice, Microphones etc) and Internet devices. Other products include MS-DOS, Windows, Windows 3.0, Windows 95, Windows 98, .Net, Office XP, and Windows XP.

        

3.0 Industrial Sector

        Microsoft Corporation develops, manufactures, licenses & supports a range of software products, including scalable operating systems, server applications, worker productivity applications and software development tools. Their industry is secondary and tertiary because they make and market their own products. Their current share price is $69.67 but it has been higher in the past.

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4.0 Main Purposes of Microsoft

        The main objectives of Microsoft are to empower people through great software - any time, any place and on any device. Another aim is too Eradicate software piracy. This may be difficult, but a 16% per cent reduction would have significant multiplier effects on the economic contribution of the packaged software industry. If Western Europe had matched the US piracy rate of 27% in 1996, the sector's contribution would have been 60% greater.

5.0 Location And Why?

        Their Main Location is Seattle the main reason for this is Bill Gates’ families ...

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