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Migdal: An Introduction to International entrepreneurship

   

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INTERNATIONALENTREPRENEURSHIP

TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1Background Bill Gate.............................................................................................................1Who is the entrepreneur.....................................................................................................1Some theories of the background...........................................................................................2Effectuate ...............................................................................................................................4Use of Motivation theory .......................................................................................................6International entrepreneur literature.......................................................................................7CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTIONInternational entrepreneurship is a king of course which are being done by the students who aimat becoming the global entrepreneur. The present report is prepared with a motive to analyseabout Microsoft Company. The said firm is established by the Bill Gate who is an entrepreneur.The current document is going to explain about the age of the company and its number ofemployees. In addition to this, the report is about to explain the different achievement of Billgates in terms of market share, innovation and other aspects. By considering all the factors thelearner will be able understand the background theories like how the business is started and whoinfluenced the business. The current document is based on the case study of Microsoft where theorganization deals in manufacturing, developing, licensing and selling the computer software andother customer’s electronics. The aforesaid firm is one of the most renowned organization interms of software making. Although, there are several areas are going to be focused in thecurrent report such as different factors responsible for motivating the entrepreneur. Apart formthis, different barriers which is being faced by the owner at the time of starting up the business(Brush, 2012).Background Bill GateWho is the entrepreneurEntrepreneur is the one by whom a business is being set up and they are mainly know as risktakers. They are majorly responsible for enhancing the business by introducing innovation in thecompany practices (Kiss, Danis and Cavusgil, 2012).Achievement of Bill gates THIS PARAGRPH MUST HAVE SOURCES.Bill Gates has been awarded with different achievements in his life such as Silver Buffalo awardwhich won in 2010. Apart form this; Bill Gates also won national Medal of Technology andinnovation award in 1992. Further, he was also awarded withOutstanding Contribution toEntertainment New Media award. Lastly, the award named with Mary Woodard Lasker awardfor public Service in 2013 also won by him. During his school time Bill Gates also excelled asthe tic-tac-toe game is being created by him (Brush, 2012). Besides this, there are differentcomputer programmes and software are being created by Paul Allen and him. With the help ofhis best friend Paul Allen he created computer software to make the Altair 88800 work. He1

started a partnership with Paul Allen and named it Micro Soft. Which soon became the largestsoftware business in the world? It just so happened that because of all of his success Bill Gates isnow one of the richest people in the world. He is currently worth $76 billion (Zahra, Newey andLi, 2014)Market share, innovation etc.Bill Gate is an American investor, business magnate, author and philanthropist who was born on28th October 1955. During the end of 19th century Bill Gates and Paul Allen establishedMicrosoft that has become one of the largest computer software company. Apart form this, whilehe was attaining his career in Microsoft he was selected as the chairman, CEO and chief softwareArchitect in the aforesaid company. As a result, till may 2014 he had become the largestindividual shareholder of the stated company. Apart form this, since 1987 Bill Gates has beenincluded in the Forbes list of the wealthiest person in the World. He was well known an one ofthe best entrepreneur in the world. THIS PARARGRAPH NEED NARATIVEREF.DESCRIPTIONRESPONSE1.1Company ageThe age of Microsoft is 41 years as it hasestablished on 4th April 1975s1.2Size (no. of employees/salesturnover)1140001.3Industry sectorMain offerings (try and get on-line brochures, materials etc)Computer software, computer hardware, consumerelectronics and digital distribution1.4Main MarketsDomestic/InternationalB2B B2CThe main markets where the said firm deal inIndia,US etc.Some theories of the backgroundHow did they start 2

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