Apple and Microsoft, Then and Now
Microsoft was projected to generate revenue of $ 6.4 billion for the last fiscal quarter of 2000, whereas Apple, the company's almost-lifeless competitor, was clawing to reach $ 1 billion in revenue. "I'm not proud of this," Steven P. Jobs, Apple's chief …
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Microsoft needs innovator-in-chief
Microsoft just became very, very corporate," says Nigel Nicholson, professor of organizational behavior at the London Business School and author of The 'I' of Leadership – Strategies for Seeing, Being and Doing. "Microsoft is now looking like the fat …
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CEO Exit Sets Microsoft on New Path
In announcing his sudden retirement Friday after more than three decades at Microsoft Corp., Chief Executive Steve Ballmer will leave his successor with the enormous task of reviving one of the world's largest technology companies that finds itself …
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Steve Ballmer To Retire As Microsoft CEO Within 12 Months
In a surprising move today, Microsoft just announced that long-time CEO Steve Ballmer will retire in the coming 12 months. He will stay at the helm of the company until a special committee appoints a new CEO. "There is never a perfect time for this …
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