From an institution-based view, what are the major lessons from Microsoft’s strategic changes?

Database System Concepts
7th Edition
ISBN:9780078022159
Author:Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan
Publisher:Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan
Chapter1: Introduction
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 1PE
icon
Related questions
Question

From an institution-based view, what are the major lessons from Microsoft’s strategic changes?

Expert Solution
Let's discuss major lessons from Microsoft's strategic changes

There are some major lessons from Microsoft's strategic changes. Let's discuss one by one.

  • Every firm needs to follow the influences of formal or informal rules of the local industries to stay in the market.

Formal rules

The formal rules such as Chinese government openly promoted the free open-source Linux operating system. Which are created the problem to entry of Microsoft. If any resource freely available then why the customer will paid for those resources.

Informal rules

The informal rule, such as local customer always preferred to use the less expensive or free softwares rather than the original copy of Microsoft.

  • Try to Never hurt your customers, because if they are the government of developing countries such as china are the biggest targeted market
  • Everyone can't afford the Microsoft products so, to make product affordable to enjoy the monopoly of the Market is very important.
  • Trust winning is important task. So, Winning trust of your customers to overcome any kind of hurdles.
  • Build relationships to whom where your products are complimentary to their own. For example: build relationships with the computer manufacturers.

 

trending now

Trending now

This is a popular solution!

steps

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Approaches used in acquiring Information System
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, computer-science and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Similar questions
Recommended textbooks for you
Database System Concepts
Database System Concepts
Computer Science
ISBN:
9780078022159
Author:
Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education
Starting Out with Python (4th Edition)
Starting Out with Python (4th Edition)
Computer Science
ISBN:
9780134444321
Author:
Tony Gaddis
Publisher:
PEARSON
Digital Fundamentals (11th Edition)
Digital Fundamentals (11th Edition)
Computer Science
ISBN:
9780132737968
Author:
Thomas L. Floyd
Publisher:
PEARSON
C How to Program (8th Edition)
C How to Program (8th Edition)
Computer Science
ISBN:
9780133976892
Author:
Paul J. Deitel, Harvey Deitel
Publisher:
PEARSON
Database Systems: Design, Implementation, & Manag…
Database Systems: Design, Implementation, & Manag…
Computer Science
ISBN:
9781337627900
Author:
Carlos Coronel, Steven Morris
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Programmable Logic Controllers
Programmable Logic Controllers
Computer Science
ISBN:
9780073373843
Author:
Frank D. Petruzella
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education