Microsoft's Windows Platform Dominates the Market for Personal Computer Operating

question 9

Multiple Choice

Microsoft's Windows platform dominates the market for personal computer operating systems. By continuously upgrading and stretching the technology underlying its Windows system, Microsoft is pursuing a strategy of:

• A) customer intimacy.
• B) product leadership.
• C) operational excellence.
• D) total quality management.
• E) technological leadership.

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Intra-entity Gross Profits

Profits realized from transactions conducted within the same legal entity, often requiring elimination for accurate consolidated financial reporting.

Equity Method

An accounting technique used by firms to assess the profits earned by their investments in other companies, by recording profits proportional to their ownership percentage.

Inventory

Assets held for sale in the ordinary course of business, in the process of production for such sale, or in the form of materials or supplies to be consumed in the production process or in rendering services.

Journal Entry

A record in accounting that notes the debit and credit transactions affecting the financial statements of a business.