Microsoft Corp. needs to avoid the "'big company' ills" if it wants to beat competitors and boost its long-stagnant stock price, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer told employees in an annual memo Tuesday.
In the memo, which traditionally lays out the company's goals for its fiscal year that began July 1, Ballmer wrote that avoiding the pitfalls of corporate size involves more than just building new, innovative products. The software titan also must make sure it isn't losing touch with - or the faith of - its current customers.
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