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Beth Simon - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Struggles of new college graduates in their first software development job
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, 2008Co-Authors: Andrew Begel, Beth SimonAbstract:How do new college graduates experience their first software development jobs? In what ways are they prepared by their educational experiences, and in what ways do they struggle to be productive in their new positions? We report on a "fly-on-the-wall" observational study of eight recent college graduates in their first six months of a software development position at Microsoft Corporation. After a total of 85 hours of on-the-job observation, we report on the common abilities evidenced by new software developers including how to program, how to write design specifications, and evidence of persistence strategies for problem-solving. We also classify some of the common ways new software developers were observed getting stuck: communication, collaboration, technical, cognition, and orientation. We report on some common misconceptions of new developers which often frustrate them and hinder them in their jobs, and conclude with recommendations to align Computer Science curricula with the observed needs of new professional developers.
Marco Iansiti - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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intellectual property architecture and the management of technological transitions evidence from Microsoft Corporation
Journal of Product Innovation Management, 2009Co-Authors: Alan Maccormack, Marco IansitiAbstract:Many studies highlight the challenges facing incumbent firms in responding effectively to major technological transitions. Though some authors argue that these challenges can be overcome by firms possessing what have been called dynamic capabilities, little work has described in detail the critical resources that these capabilities leverage or the processes through which these resources accumulate and evolve. This paper explores these issues through an in-depth exploratory case study of one firm that has demonstrated consistently strong performance in an industry that is highly dynamic and uncertain. The focus for the present study is Microsoft, the leading firm in the software industry. The focus on Microsoft is motivated by providing evidence that the firm's product performance has been consistently strong over a period of time in which there have been several major technological transitions—one indicator that a firm possesses dynamic capabilities. This argument is supported by showing that Microsoft's performance when developing new products in response to one of these transitions—the growth of the World Wide Web—was superior to a sample of both incumbents and new entrants. Qualitative data are presented on the roots of Microsoft's dynamic capabilities, focusing on the way that the firm develops, stores, and evolves its intellectual property. Specifically, Microsoft codifies knowledge in the form of software “components,” which can be leveraged across multiple product lines over time and accessed by firms developing complementary products. The present paper argues that the process of componentization, the component “libraries” that result, the architectural frameworks that define how these components interact, and the processes through which these components are evolved to address environmental changes represent critical resources that enable the firm to respond to major technological transitions. These arguments are illustrated by describing Microsoft's response to two major technological transitions.
Farah Almutairi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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corporate social responsibility a case study of Microsoft Corporation
Asia Pacific Journal of Management and Education, 2020Co-Authors: Gaurav Sehgal, Yan Sin Chin, Farah AlmutairiAbstract:The paper intends to examine corporate social responsibility in Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft Corporation is committed to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) with the belief that CSR helps to improve the reputation and image of an organization. On this matter, the successful technology company, Microsoft Corporation has done significant initiatives on its CSR programs. One of the many reasons behind this success is their commitment towards sustainability as well as their commitment to all stakeholders. The paper discusses the various initiatives Microsoft Corporation have done for CSR. The paper concludes with some suggestion and recommendation.
Zahra Bhanji - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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transnational private authority in education policy in jordan and south africa the case of Microsoft Corporation
Comparative Education Review, 2012Co-Authors: Zahra BhanjiAbstract:The purpose of this article is to explore Microsoft Corporation as a new international actor shaping educational reforms and practices. This study examines how the implementation of Microsoft’s global Partners in Learning (PiL) program varied and was mediated by national politics and national institutional practices in two different contexts, Jordan and South Africa. The global PiL blueprint was implemented using similar memoranda of understanding worldwide. The program, however, ended up looking very different in Jordan and South Africa. I describe localization practices that were shaped at least in part by differences in the political, cultural, and ICT (information and communication technology) contexts of the two countries. It was Microsoft’s localization practices that ultimately enabled them to shape policy goals, directives, and decisions in favor of the use of commercial software and services in schools. In both countries, public authority relations were transformed by Microsoft’s entrance into th...
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transnational private authority in education policy a case study of Microsoft Corporation in jordan and south africa
2010Co-Authors: Zahra BhanjiAbstract:This thesis presents a case study of Microsoft Corporation’s Partners in Learning (PiL) program, an example of transnational policy authority in education, with two embedded case studies of PiL in Jordan and South Africa. The constructivist and rationalist approaches highlight the changing nature of governance through the cultural and strategic shifts that led to Microsoft’s policy role in education. Microsoft’s strategic profit interests and its corporate-social-responsibility aspiration to play a policy role in education influenced its educational footprint. From a top-down perspective, Microsoft used supranational forms of power by implementing its global PiL blueprint through similar PiL programs worldwide. From a bottom-up perspective, Microsoft used “localization practices” by engaging different subnational agents and used different strategies to gain footholds in two very different political and policy contexts. Microsoft’s top-down and bottom-up approaches link the supranational policy arena to the subnational or subgovernmental. Microsoft’s economic power and strategic engagement gave it entry into education. It gained expert authority from its extensive history and experience in education. Its expert authority was experessed through strategic relationship building through diplomacy and partnerships, policy networks, and the sharing of best practices. The company was however not able to claim absolute legitimacy because of resistance in both countries.This thesis highlights that at the governmental level, sovereignty does not disappear when transnational Corporations become involved in education at the national level. Instead, nation- states become strategic sites for the restructuring of global policy roles. The Jordanian government became a public facilitator, by working with Microsoft to implement a stand-alone PiL program. The South African government became a public integrator, by implementing the PiL program within government policies and programs. Power was also redistributed within both countries, moving away from government education officials towards the monarchy in Jordan and the presidency in South Africa. The findings of the study highlight the need for Corporations engaged in public education to be governed within instituted accountability measures, for appropriate partnership frameworks, and for governance tools that can both effectively engage companies in education and ensure that they work within common goals and values set out by international education organizations.
Yoshinobu Kanda - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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investigation of the freely available easy to use software ezr for medical statistics
Bone Marrow Transplantation, 2013Co-Authors: Yoshinobu KandaAbstract:Although there are many commercially available statistical software packages, only a few implement a competing risk analysis or a proportional hazards regression model with time-dependent covariates, which are necessary in studies on hematopoietic SCT. In addition, most packages are not clinician friendly, as they require that commands be written based on statistical languages. This report describes the statistical software ‘EZR' (Easy R), which is based on R and R commander. EZR enables the application of statistical functions that are frequently used in clinical studies, such as survival analyses, including competing risk analyses and the use of time-dependent covariates, receiver operating characteristics analyses, meta-analyses, sample size calculation and so on, by point-and-click access. EZR is freely available on our website (http://www.jichi.ac.jp/saitama-sct/SaitamaHP.files/statmed.html) and runs on both Windows (Microsoft Corporation, USA) and Mac OS X (Apple, USA). This report provides instructions for the installation and operation of EZR.