...Introduction to Microsoft and Google Inc. Microsoft and Google are the two organizations that will be discussed in this scenario where the respective organizational structures and cultures need to be identified. According to (BERZINS 2013) Microsoft is a company that is mainly in to software production that was founded in 1974 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. They sold their first computer language program to MITS Computer who was their first customer. They started with only 3 original employees. It’s a leader in computer software development while it also sells electronic game systems and other computer devices like keyboards, speakers, potable media players etc. It is a global corporation that has sale outlets world wide. Its headquarters is established in Redmond, Washington, USA. (Gregg 2015) The service organization Google Inc. is an American search Engine Company which was founded in 1998 by Sergey Brin and Larry Page who were students of Stanford University. They created creative methods to find and organize large datasets which was called PageRank. This paved the idea toward creating Google Inc. which was initially launched on September 15, 1997. They formally formed this corporation in a friend’s garage in Menlo Park, California. The name Google comes from a mathematical term called “Googol” which indicates number one followed by a hundred zeros. It was originally just an online search firm but today it offers more than 50 internet services. The Majority of internet...
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...Ethics At Airbus 1) In each of the cases described above who benefits and who suffers from the alleged ethical and legal lapses of Airbus? Ans – When we observe across cases, its mostly the state and the airline company who is at loss due to these legal and ethical lapses Airbus – Sabena Case: As long as Van Espen’s case does not prove anything against any party, Airbus has gained significantly from the deal as it would have earned around $5bn order from the deal. The party which suffered significant loss should be the state as the Belgian government had 50.5% stake KAC – Airbus: Airbus gained a much needed order bill of around $1.1bn and possible order of $0.9bn, the employees of KAC Mr Al Mishari and its subsidiary ALAFCO, Dr. Mallalah & Mr El Fekih possibly would have earned (only a possibility) whereas the state of Kuwait higher costs, lost cash, earned higher depreciation costs and probably had to write-off it off India Inc. & Airbus: Airbus like all other cases earned the order book despite Boeing offered a deal to the Indian government $140mn cheaper. The state and eventually the airline paid $140mn more, raising its depreciation costs, debt service costs and got hold of carriers which were not properly tested thus risking the life of passengers Across cases observed, Airbus has been smart enough to save itself a persecution almost anywhere and has got large order books worth billions of dollars acquiring half of the market share but if Airbus is found...
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...Analysis of Case Studies Titled: TGIF & What’s Your Culture Worth? Shenae Adams 0704671 Tutor: Myrtle Weir BBA4 – HRM (D) University of Technology, Jamaica April 11, 2011 Summary of Case: TGIF The case titled ‘TGIF’ speaks to a weekly beer bust held at Quantum’s Seattle Headquarters. The company, which was founded three (3) years ago by Stan Albright and Erin Barber, hosts these beer busts to allow the employees to relax as a reward for their extra efforts. Quantum has grown to more than 200 employees and $95 million in sales over the past three (3) years. Bill Carter, the company’s corporate attorney, on attending one of the weekly beer busts received good reviews about working at Quantum. After a work day of 16 hours, six (6) days a week, the beer bust held every Friday afternoon seemed to be keeping employee morale at an enthusiastic level. However, Bill Carter had some reservations or concerns about serving alcohol at a company sponsored party especially after observing a new employee’s behavior at the party after he had lost his balance and fell on the snack table. He believed that the beer bust parties were getting out of hand and could possibly result in an exposure to liability. There is now a dilemma between wanting to keep the team spirit and at the same time reduce Quantum’s liability exposure. Review of the Case The case, TGIF, presents an organization, Quantum Software that though it was founded three (3) years ago has managed to set for...
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...MBAX 5510 Andy Duy Mai Apple, Inc (Ticker: AAPL) Introduction Apple Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries designs, manufactures and markets hardware devices including mobile communication, media, computers (personal and enterprise storage), portable music players, networking solutions and peripherals worldwide. In addition, it also develops and sells software, services, and third party digital content and applications that are both synchronous and asynchronous to its hardware offerings. Hardware product offerings include the iPhone®, a multi-touch smartphone that includes a mobile phone, music player, internet device, and applications made available through an online software store. iPad® and iPod® are portable media devices with onscreen, multi-touch features, long battery life and internet capabilities with applications also made available through the online software store. Mac (desktops and laptops), Apple TV®, xServer® and xServer RAID® and networking peripherals such as Air Port® along with a vast array of accessories, including high resolution displays and peripheral products such as mouse, keyboard, ear phones, and protective cases round out the hardware offerings. Software product offerings include iOS® and OS X® operating systems, a professional line of software such as Final Cut Pro® and File Maker Pro®, consumer software such as iPhoto, and Garage Band as well as third-party digital content and applications. Services and support offerings brings seamless...
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...Summary of Case: TGIF The case titled ‘TGIF’ speaks to a weekly beer bust held at Quantum’s Seattle Headquarters. The company, which was founded three (3) years ago by Stan Albright and Erin Barber, hosts these beer busts to allow the employees to relax as a reward for their extra efforts. Quantum has grown to more than 200 employees and $95 million in sales over the past three (3) years. Bill Carter, the company’s corporate attorney, on attending one of the weekly beer busts received good reviews about working at Quantum. After a work day of 16 hours, six (6) days a week, the beer bust held every Friday afternoon seemed to be keeping employee morale at an enthusiastic level. However, Bill Carter had some reservations or concerns about serving alcohol at a company sponsored party especially after observing a new employee’s behavior at the party after he had lost his balance and fell on the snack table. He believed that the beer bust parties were getting out of hand and could possibly result in an exposure to liability. There is now a dilemma between wanting to keep the team spirit and at the same time reduce Quantum’s liability exposure. Review of the Case The case, TGIF, presents an organization, Quantum Software that though it was founded three (3) years ago has managed to set for itself an organizational culture that can majorly be described as fun, relaxed and amicable yet hard-working. Organizational culture, according to Robbins & Barnwell (2002), is the pattern...
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... Our results are in line with the literature since we detected return premium for value and also for momentum. Nevertheless, not all of the conclusions of the literature are confirmed in our analysis, as we will demonstrate. On the second section, ARCH (5), GARCH (1,1) and Taylor/Schwert GARCH(1,1) models are tested revealing the supremacy of the latter. Key words: Market efficiency, Value, Momentum, ARCH, GARCH, Taylor/Schwert, Volatility Models. 1. Introduction Our research is mainly related with the recent literature published on global asset pricing. We have followed Asness et al. (2013) where the authors present evidence of value and momentum return premia across eight different asset classes and markets. Moreover, Fama and French (2012) examine the returns to size, value, and momentum in individual stocks. The main characteristic of financial assets is the return, which is typically considered to be a random variable. Some authors found patterns in average stock returns related to B/M, size, earnings price ratio, cash flow price and historical sales growth (Banz (1981), Basu (1983), Rosenberg, Reid,...
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...little or no food. The evolution of the socio-political milieu during the colonial period, including Protestant Christianity’s impact on colonial social life. 1600-1700’s Emergence of local governing bodies (The House of Burgesses in VA) Official churches by state (Maryland was Catholic; Southern colonies tended to be proprietary, they were Anglican. Northern colonies were established for religious freedom; Puritans in New England, Baptists in Rhode Island; Quakers in Pennsylvania) Minority Christian sects and Jews were targeted in places like New England and the South (Quakers in Virginia; Anne Hutchinson in Massachusetts). The effects of the Seven Years’ War. 1756-1763 The British endured many defeats against the French as well as Native American Alliances. France’s colleagues in Europe made other arrangements for peace with Prussia, or they had already been beaten. The war ended with the signing of the treaties of Hubertusburg and Paris. The evolution of the concept...
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...Assignment 2: Choosing a Distributor Lori Rodeffer Strayer University HTM 250: Purchasing and Cost Control Dr. Madlyn M. Bonimy November 30, 2014 Choosing a Distributor Sysco Inc. is one of the leading distribution companies in the world. They are global leaders in selling, marketing and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, and lodging establishments. Equipment and supplies for the foodservice and hospitality industries are also included in their list of products. Operating 193 distribution facilities, this company is able to service approximately 425,000 customers. For Fiscal Year 2013 that ended June 29, 2013, the company sales broke records with more than $44 billion in sales. The history of SYSCO is an extensive one that truly explains how this company was able to build itself up into the largest marketer and distributor of foodservice products in North America. SYSCO provides food and other products and services to 270,000 restaurants, schools, hospitals, nursing homes, hotels, businesses, and other organizations. Their 70 distribution facilities serving more than 150 of the largest cities in the continental United States and parts of Alaska and Canada make this feat possible. The company's line of products includes about 200,000 items, including fresh and frozen meats, seafood, poultry, fruits and vegetables, baked goods, paper and disposable items, chemical and janitorial products, beverages, dairy foods, and medical...
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...640 F. 2d 508 - Margreiter v. New Hotel Monteleone Inc Home640 f2d 508 margreiter v. new hotel monteleone inc 640 F2d 508 Margreiter v. New Hotel Monteleone Inc 640 F.2d 508 Douglas T. MARGREITER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NEW HOTEL MONTELEONE, INC. and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants. No. 79-3149. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A Jan. 19, 1981. Christovich & Kearney, A. R. Christovich, Jr., Steven M. Lozes, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellants. David W. Oestreicher, II, Ralph S. Whalen, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Before COLEMAN, Chief Judge, and CHARLES CLARK and REAVLEY, Circuit Judges. REAVLEY, Circuit Judge: 1 Douglas Margreiter was severely injured in New Orleans on the night of April 6, 1976. He sued the Monteleone Hotel, saying that he was taken from his room there by two men who had a key to that room, the use of an elevator and unimpeded access and exit into an alley-permitted by the Hotel's lack of care to protect its guests. The Hotel contended that Margreiter was on an intoxicated venture and met his fate outside the Hotel. The jury found in favor of Margreiter. The judgment was reduced from $750,000 to $400,000 by remittitur. We affirm. 2 Margreiter was chief of the pharmacy section of the Colorado Department of Social Services and was in New Orleans to attend the annual meeting of the American...
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...w areHow companies are named? ABN AMRO- In the 1960s, the Nederlandse Handelmaatschappij (Dutch Trading Society; 1824) and the Twentsche Bank merged to form the Algemene Bank Nederland ( ABN; General Bank of the Netherlands). In 1966, the Amsterdamsche Bank and the Rotterdamsche Bank merged to form the Amro Bank. In 1991, ABNand Amro Bank merged to form ABN AMRO. Accenture- Accent on the Future. Greater-than 'accent' over the logo's t points forward towards the future. The name Accenture was proposed by a company employee in Norwayas part of a internal name finding process (BrandStorming). Prior to January 1, 2001 the company was called Andersen Consulting. Adidas- from the name of the founder Adolf (Adi) Dassler. Adobe- came from name of the river Adobe Creek that ran behind the houses of founders John Warnock and Chuck Geschke . AltaVista- Spanish for "high view". Amazon.com - Founder Jeff Bezos renamed the company to Amazon (from the earlier name of Cadabra.com) after the world's most voluminous river, the Amazon. He saw the potential for a larger volume of sales in an online bookstore as opposed to the then prevalent bookstores. (Alternative: It is said that Jeff Bezos named his book store Amazon simply to cash in on the popularity of Yahoo at the time. Yahoo listed entries alphabetically, and thus Amazon would always appear above its competitors in the relevant categories it was listed in.) AMD- Advanced Micro Devices. Apache- The name was chosen...
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...Masters Program in Business Administration (MBA 4 SEM) ( Semester IV ) Specializations :- Human Resource Management Note: - Solve any 4 Case Study All Case Carry equal Marks. Case 1 :- Meeting the Challenge of Sexual Harassment At an office of Goldman, Sachs and Company in Boston, some male employees allegedly pasted photos of bare-breasted women on company newsletters, next to biographies of new female employees (suggesting that the photos were pictures of the new staff members). Copies of the newsletters were circulated around the office. Sexist literature such as “The Smart Man’s Creed or Why Beer Is Better Than Women” (“After you’ve had a beer, the bottle is still worth a dime”) was allegedly also distributed. Kristine Utley, a former Goldman sales associate, has made these allegations in a suit charging that the environment at Goldman, Sachs constitutes sexual harassment. Fired for refusing a transfer to a New York office, she is suing to gain reinstatement and damages and to eliminate the harassment. Joanne Barbetta has filed a similar suit seeking damages for harassment caused by an environment that she asserted “was poisoning my system.” Ms. Barbetta reports that during her tenure as a clerk at Chemlawn, male employees circulated pornographic magazines and pinup posters. She viewed a slide presentation that included suggestive pictures (e.g., a nude woman)...
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...Enlightenment of Society Examining the enlightenment, it can be seen that it was a force for change in the way that societies thought about equality toward individuals. As the ideas of justice, deterrence, and individual rights evolved during the Enlightenment, so did the application of capital punishment. It became a tool to help reform individuals instead of punishing them, and capital executions became a private practice. It also evolved from being an arbitrary punishment against minorities, to a consistent and steady punishment for anyone who broke the law, eventually morphing into the punishment system of today. As history has progressed, a complete difference has been seen in regards to the rights of the minorities and the poor in the courts of law. The stark difference in the courts opinion toward minorities can be seen if you compare the way that they were tried during the colonization of Mexico with the way that they were treated in English society after the Enlightenment. As Martinez talks about in her essay, blacks were heavily discriminated against. This social tension carried over into the High Courts of Spanish society, which caused them to be extremely biased against the blacks. The courts bias can be easily observed in the Translated Documents from New Spain, in which the courts, under the façade of a trial, punish a group of blacks simply to make an example of them. The effect of the deterrence was undermined by the fact that these punishments...
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...EBAY INC FORMReport) 10-K (Annual Filed 01/31/14 for the Period Ending 12/31/13 Address Telephone CIK Symbol SIC Code Industry Sector Fiscal Year 2065 HAMILTON AVENUE SAN JOSE, CA 95125 408-376-7400 0001065088 EBAY 7389 - Business Services, Not Elsewhere Classified Retail (Catalog & Mail Order) Services 12/31 http://www.edgar-online.com © Copyright 2014, EDGAR Online, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Distribution and use of this document restricted under EDGAR Online, Inc. Terms of Use. UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 10-K [x] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 . OR [] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the Transition Period from to . Commission file number 000-24821 eBay Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) 77-0430924 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) 2065 Hamilton Avenue San Jose, California (Address of principal executive offices) 95125 (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (408) 376-7400 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934: Title of each class Name of exchange on which registered Common stock The Nasdaq Global Select Market Securities registered pursuant...
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...DOUBLE JEOPARDY A review of the Law Lovetta Smith CJUS 220 Professor Jeff Sexton October 13, 2013 INTRODUCTION This essay will provide detailed information on the Fifth Amendment which is very important in the United States. It will explain and give understanding of the importance of the Double Jeopardy Amendment and how it is used in the system of Law. Also it will discuss case in which involved the Fifth Amendment and how it was used to protect the citizens of several cases and how the people were protected with the Fifth Amendment rule inside the system of law. Double jeopardy is a procedural defense that forbids a defendant from being tried again on the same charges following a legitimate acquittal or conviction. In most countries with the common law rule most criminals are allowed to enter a plea of not guilty or autrefois acquit, which is a French law meaning a person has been found not guilty of the same charge in a previous trial with the same evidence and cannot be retried for the same crime regardless of what new evidence that has surfaced. Double Jeopardy is a procedural defense that protects a person from being tried again for the same crime. Double Jeopardy is the oldest legal concept of western civilizations. Double jeopardy is the prosecution of a person for an offense for which he or she has already been prosecuted. The double jeopardy clause, which is in the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution, was designed to protect an individual...
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...William (Bill) H. Gates is chairman of Microsoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. On June 27, 2008, Gates transitioned out of a day-to-day role in the company to spend more time on his global health and education work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He shares his thoughts about the foundation and other topics on Gates Notes, a Web site launched in January 2010. Gates continues to serve as Microsoft's chairman and as an advisor on key development projects. In June 2006, Craig Mundie assumed the new title of chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft and is responsible for the company's research and incubation efforts. 1. Bill Gates’ early life 1.1 Family Born on Oct. 28, 1955, Gates grew up in Seattle with his two sisters. Their father, William H. Gates II, is a Seattle attorney. Their late mother, Mary Gates, was a schoolteacher, University of Washington regent, and chairwoman of United Way International. 1.2 Education Gates attended public elementary school and the private Lakeside School. There, he discovered his interest in software and began programming computers at age 13. In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer, now Microsoft's chief executive officer. While at Harvard, Gates developed a version of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer - the MITS Altair. 1.3 Personal...
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