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Did the company have all the necessary resources to correctly and fully implement its strategy:Discuss?

Individual Assignment 5.1

Research a woman or minority owned small business (in the United States) that recently introduced a new product or service.

You cannot use a company strategy that was previously used. Prepare a brief analysis of the company’s strategy while discussing the following issues:

1. The type of strategy employed to introduce the new product and whether the new product or service was properly timed to the market;

2. The uniqueness of the product or service and how it differentiates from its competition;

3. The effect of the new product or service on the company’s value chain;

4. Did the company have all the necessary resources to correctly and fully implement its strategy:Discuss?

5. Did the company need to form a partnership or strategic alliance to support the implementation of its strategy.
Do not use any of the case study companies. (Costco, Netflix, Publix, Uber, Microsoft, KFC, Rubicon, Apple)

What was Microsoft’s market share of Intel-compatible PC operating system? Of all operating system, including those of Apply computers?What evidence did the court cite in claiming that Microsoft charged above-competitive prices (see “Microsoft’s Pricing Behavior”)?

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In 2002 a U.S. court of appeals imposed remedies relating to a lower court’s findings that Microsoft had a monopoly in personal computer (PC) operating system and had maintained its monopoly through illegal actions.

At the U.S. Justice Department’s Web site, www.usdoj.gov,

Click on the Agencies on the top of the window,

Click on Antitrust Division and then on website

Click on Antitrust Case Filings

Find U.S. vs. Microsoft case filings.

Scroll down to District Court filings and find Findings of Fact

In the list of Findings of Fact find Court’s Findings of Fact (11/5/99).

In your initial response to the topic you have to answer all questions:

On what basis did the court conclude that Microsoft was a monopoly (see “Market Share”)?

What was Microsoft’s market share of Intel-compatible PC operating system? Of all operating system, including those of Apply computers?

What evidence did the court cite in claiming that Microsoft charged above-competitive prices (see “Microsoft’s Pricing Behavior”)?

Identify and understand various cost estimation approaches. Critically describe five cost estimation techniques, that are different from the three provided in the textbook.

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Research the textbook and other online resources to identify and understand various cost estimation approaches. Critically describe five cost estimation techniques, that are different from the three provided in the textbook.

In a separate paragraph, explain with reasons the most suitable cost estimation technique for your term project. Embed this Excel spreadsheet in your Word document.

Compose your work using Microsoft Word.

Each section must be at least 300 words (about a page, excluding cover and reference pages) long.

Use 12-point Times New Roman font and double-spacing.

Organize your writing in sections with section headings.

Format section headings using Microsoft Word’s “Heading” functions.

Support the write-up with at least five additional sources as references.

Insert cover page and reference pages(s).