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What was Fiorina’s leadership style? Was she the right choice for HP? No matter which leadership theory it is to apply, Fiorina’s leadership style in HP was relatively clear-cut: a task-oriented, autocratic, transactional leadership style, whichever way it is named. This leadership style can be reflected from her first moves after joining HP. Firstly, she required the marketing department to launch a re-branding advertising campaign in 6 weeks, which, considered the size and the circumstances

Assigment 1 Dell’s working Capital Student number Name Class 0804809 Shu Pei Sun BE37 …………………………….. …………………………………………… ………… …………………………….. …………………………………………… ………… …………………………….. …………………………………………… ………… Question 1: Kennis Inzicht Toepassen x x 5 punten Calculate the level of working capital for Dell for the years 1994, 1995 and 1996. (Please show the full calculation and formula’s used) The total current assets in 1996 are: $ 1.957.000 The total current assets in 1995

Introduction / Charges against Microsoft On July 15, 1994, the United States sued Microsoft for unlawfully maintaining its monopoly in the market for PC operating system software. The lawsuit alleged that Microsoft engaged in anti-competitive marketing practices directed at PC manufacturers that distributed Microsoft operating system software preinstalled on its PCs. Microsoft began to levy fines against original equipment manufacturing (OEM) companies who distributed or promoted operating systems

The Evolution of the PC and Microsoft      Xerox, Apple, IBM, and Compaq all played major roles in the development of the Personal Computer, or ³PC,² and the success of Microsoft. Though it may seem so, the computer industry did not just pop-up overnight. It took many years of dedication, hard-work, and most importantly, thievery to turn the personal computer from a machine the size of a Buick, used only by zit-faced ³ nerds,² to the very machine I am typing this

(Benedetto, 2012, p. 165) Key Offerings The product that is being analyzed is a midrange performance PC, known as the Executive, which is priced around $1000.00. The Dell Executive will be positioned against similar offerings from Lenovo, Compaq, HP, etc. A recent study of the home/small business PC market found that most customers considered two important nonprice attributes when selling a PC: flexibility and performance. (Benedetto, 2012, p. 165) This will be an addition to an existing

Napster is one of an example about the digital copyright violation that happen around these years. It is one of the first companies that had been charged for Intellectual Property Theft. The company is being sued by many professional artists and their record companies for leaking their musics all over the internet. Napster created an application that allowing their users to access a main server that has an IP address in California. When they gain access to the application, they can look up, views

114 Computer Maintenance 101 How to Keep Your Computer Fast and Reliable Here is another series of computer geeky information that may be useful for you and for the average user. Computers may seem so efficient and intelligent machines even though they are not. Computers are like knives, they eventually get dull after some time of use - evetually your computer will get slower than it was the first time you used it. The reason behind this is that the computer does not know how to maintain itself and

Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sun Microsystems, Inc. is a worldwide provider of products, services and support solutions for building and maintaining network-computing environments. The Company sells scalable computer systems, high-speed microprocessors and high performance software for operating network computing equipment and storage products. The Company also provides support, education and professional services. The Company's products are used for many demanding commercial and technical applications

intensity of rivalry among competitors (Hit, Ireland, and Hoskisson, p.40). In this case, Apple is just one of the many competitors in a saturated markets offering both hardware and software for personal computer systems. Intense players such as, HP/Compaq, Dell, Gateway, and Microsoft all take substantial market share in the industries Apple is competing with. Today in the computer hardware industry there is intense competition and the only way to gain market

after he moved to Intelligent Electronics as a chief operating officer in 1994. He stayed there for three years and later on he got an appointment at Compaq Computer Corporation to be the vice president for corporate materials. After a few months of being at Compaq he got an interview for Apple Inc’s with Steve Jobs. While Tim Cook was working at Compaq, Apple was struggling however he was impressed by Steve Jobs vision and decided to join Apple. Apple was founded on April 1st, 1976, by college dropouts