Question

What are the stages of a Microsoft's life cycle? How can a Microsoft's life cycle be extended? What stage is your company in?

Answer 1

Microsoft: Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational organization engaged in computer technology with headquarter is in Redmond, Washington, US. The organization engages in development, manufacturing, licensing, and selling the computer softwares, consumer electronics, personal computers and their services in the global market. Microsoft is world leader in computer and its technology related business. Bill Gates and Paul Allen are the founder of this Microsoft business in US.

Following are the stages of the Microsoft’s life cycle are as below

• Introductory Stage : Introductory stage is the initial stage of the products or business. At this stage the business start its products in the market. Thus this is the first stage of business in the market.

• Growth Stage : This is the stage where the business has learned all the basic things required in the market for survival and overcome those problems and now ready for achieving the growth of the products in the market. Thus at this stage the growth of the business is observed. This is called growing stage of the business.

• Maturity Stage : Maturity stage is the stage in the business where the product demand and sale are saturated and the maturity stage is reached in the market for the products. Thus the new alternatives to be explored /planned for further development from this stage.

• Decline Stage : This is the stage in which the business sees the fall of the sale and it looks like the business is declining in its last stage. This is the last stage of the product life cycle for any business or product.

The life cycle of the Microsoft product can be extended by carrying out the below actions

• Innovations in the Microsoft products: Thus the innovations in the Microsoft products can help the business to extend and it can avoid reaching the decline stage of the product life cycle in the market. Thus the innovation in the products can increase the life of the product in the market.

The stage for our company is – Growth stage