Interview with Jean‐Philippe Courtois,CEO, Microsoft EMEA

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is the worldwide leader in software, services, and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. One of the most successful corporations in the world by any standard of measurement, Microsoft EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) is highly committed to a vast and particularly varied region, with more than 12,000 employees and over 60 local offices delivering products and services in 139 countries across the region. Gabriele Suder interviewed Jean‐Philippe Courtois, CEO of Microsoft EMEA and senior vice president in the Microsoft Corporation, about the company's case at the European Commission, and about the significance of the European business environment to international operations. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.