Question

What is Microsoft Corporation’s Financial objectives and Strategic Objectives?

Answer 1

It wants to invest in those portfolios which suits to its parent company business goals and related business. It has adopeted the policy to reduce the cost of various products it sales across the globe to some extent with monopoly. It is growing with empowering its stakeholders and hence adopted a flexible approach to the channel partners in terms of credit period and business targets. In terms of software design, capitalization and revenue generation, it has been focused on sector specific enterprise solutions. It has still conservative in corporate accounting practices. It has maintained a legacy of fair , transparent and accountable corporate governance to each of its business units and products offerings. It takes advantage of tax savings through investments in philanthropic activities across the global market.

In terms of corporate level strategic objectives, it has adopeted combination of strategies like growth, maturity, retrenchment etc. From time to time , it has updated itself to latest version of products against MS-Dos of a time. It has focused to its business in automation, industrial software solution. It has one of the matured market of PCs and Hardware storage products which attracts more no.of customers. Now a days , it is working on robotics, artificial intelligence and internet of things to expand in next generation demand situation.