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Microsoft Secrets: How the World's Most Powerful Software Company Creates Technology, Shapes Markets, and Manages People

Michael A. Cusumano and Richard W. Selby

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Summary

An observed study of Microsoft under Bill Gates. Cusumano and Selby examine staffing, organizational goals, competition and incremental software development, using interviews and internal project material.

  • SourceFree Press — Microsoft Secrets · About the Book, web lines 232–235; Product Details 244–246; both authors named in description
  • SourceMIT Sloan — Michael A. Cusumano · Biography: Microsoft Secrets (1995, with Richard Selby)

Why read it Our view

Compare the links between staff selection, clear goals and incremental product development in Microsoft’s operations. This is an observed company study; it is not a reading recommendation from Gates.

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    An observed study of Microsoft under Gates, including software development and management. This records its subject, not a Gates endorsement.
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