FORTUNE 500MICROSOFT

ABOUT THE COMPANYFounded April 4, 1975, Albuquerque, New Mexico,

United StatesFounders: Bill Gates, Paul Allen

CEO Satya Nadella

Industry Computer Software

Sector Technology

HQ Location Redmond, WA

Website http://www.microsoft.com

Years on List 21

 Microsoft's main campus in Redmond

MICROSOFT !!!

• Microsoft Corporation /ˈmaɪkrəˌsɒft, -roʊ-, -ˌsɔːft/ (commonly referred to as Microsoft) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington, that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services

• It is the world's largest software maker by revenue,[7] and one of the world's most valuable companies.

•  Since the 1990s, it has increasingly diversified from the operating system market and has made a number of corporate acquisitions. In May 2011, Microsoft acquired Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion in its largest acquisition to date

UNIQUE MANAGEMENT PRACTICE

Microsoft’s Innovation Management Framework !!!

MICROSOFT’S INNOVATION MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK !!!

• The Microsoft Innovation Management Framework is designed to help companies develop a comprehensive, integrated approach to implement and support an innovation management strategy. 

• The Microsoft Innovation Management Framework is a repeatable reference architecture for innovation.

• It allows companies to share and learn about innovation management best practices and enabling technologies as a starting point for their innovation management strategy.

• The framework includes best practice processes and solutions that offer a strategic and technology roadmap with proven techniques for improving innovation and information management performance.

• The solutions identified include Microsoft technologies, services, and partner solutions. Microsoft has collaborated with a consortium of visionaries and practitioners to ensure that the framework incorporates thought leadership on innovation from Microsoft and the Microsoft ecosystem.

• The framework will continuously evolve through the generous contributions of industry thought leaders and partners who are offering their time and expertise.

• The roadmap offers techniques that are proven through experience to improve innovation and innovation management performance.

• For example, the framework shares lessons learned from Microsoft’s own innovation strategies and processes that help fuel innovation across the Microsoft enterprise.

• These processes are used within Microsoft, enabling teams to quickly implement innovation programs that are fit for purpose. The framework shares Microsoft’s experience as an innovator including lessons learned and expertise on innovation, including the Thinkweek process instituted by Bill Gates.

• The Microsoft Innovation Management framework identifies five primary sub-processes to innovation – Envision, Engage, Evolve, Evaluate, and Execute .

• The processes represent an iterative cycle as products and business models are continuously innovated upon during their lifecycles and leading companies attempt to “close the loop” on innovation by providing feedback from existing products and services into the beginning of the innovation cycle.

Windows 1.0 was released on November 20, 1985 as the first version of the Microsoft Windows line