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Read the case study on pp. 320-321 of the textbook and answer the following questions:
1. In this case, the parties eventually settled, and Dr. Lee went on to run the Google China initiative. If you were running Microsoft, what would you have done differently in this situation?
2. Considering that this is a common scenario, how do you recommend companies to respond in the future?
Read the case study on pp. 345-346 of the textbook and answer the following questions:
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Based on the standards articulated in the case summary, should the state be allowed to impose a use tax on Quill even though it does not have a physical presence in the state?
4. Is this the right decision? Should a state be able to impose income taxes on a company whether or not it has a physical presence, as the state supreme court held? Or was the U.S. Supreme Court correct?
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1. In this case, the parties eventually settled, and Dr. Lee went on to run the Google China
initiative. If you were running Microsoft, what would you have done differently in this
situation?
This kind of situation is not as complicated, Dr. Lee discovered that working for Google
was better for him as opposed to working for Microsoft who would like to keep that from taking
place for a year. However, Dr. Lee had signed a limited covenant agreement with Microsoft in
regards to competition. A limited covenant or sometimes what is referred to as a restrictive
covenant is a clause that employers insert within the employment contract, which prohibits the
employee into engaging into competition with the organization in case of his or her departure
from the company. This contract stipulates a specified period that the employee should take
before engaging in competition with the previous firm. The agreement also prohibits the
employee from dealing or engaging into soliciting with the clients of the enterprise by utilizing
knowledge of those clients obtained in the course of the previous employment .my opinion; it is
enforceable in any given court of law. If I were tasked with running the affairs of Microsoft, I
would allow Dr. Lee to depart. However, I would ensure that all the projects that he was
undertaking remain to be Microsoft’s property. Dr. Lee would also have to c...