acquisition of Skype • Understanding Skype’s and Microsoft’s business models and their product portfolio respectively • Microsoft’s reasoning behind the acquisition • How Microsoft got best benefits from the acquisition • To analyze data support of acquisition • Make your own critical conslusions KEY FACTS AND FIGURES 10th May 2011: Microsoft acquirers Skype at a price of $8.5 billion (cash) Financial multiples (Skype 2010): other companies Very high relative to Enterprise value/EBITDA: > 32x sector
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THE SUPPLY OF GOODS AND SERVICES: Market supply is the quantity of a good or service that all firms in a market are willing to sell‚ whereas a firm’s supply is the quantity that a particular firm within the market would like to sell. The relationship between the two is just that market supply is the sum of the supply of all the firms or producers in a market. The market supply curve slopes upwards due to the business objective that we‚ as economists‚ assume all firms have; to make the biggest
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Ⅰ Introduction Microsoft is a company that is famous for its various products such as the Windows series. The firm is well known and is frequently cited as an example of good management. However‚ how good is it? As of December 1st‚ 2007‚ one share of Microsoft was approximately $33. Every investor would be curious if that price is reasonable. Also‚ it is too dangerous to rely completely on intuition or rumor when you buy stocks. Therefore‚ we decided to analyze Microsoft in a more rational‚ reasonable
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Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft PowerPoint‚ usually just called PowerPoint‚ is a non-free commercial presentation program developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Office suite‚ and runs on Microsoft Windows and Apple’s Mac OS X operating system. The current versions are Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2010 for Windows and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2011 for Mac. History Originally designed for the Macintosh computers‚ the initial release was called "Presenter"‚ developed by Dennis Austin[not
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The Microsoft Antitrust Case A Case Study For MBA Students by Nicholas Economides* Revised April 2003 Abstract This case study discusses briefly the economic and legal issues pertaining to the antitrust case of the United States and a number of States against Microsoft. * Stern School of Business‚ New York University‚ New York‚ NY 10012‚ (212) 9980864‚ fax (212) 995-4218‚ http://www.stern.nyu.edu/networks/‚ neconomi@stern.nyu.edu Copyright ©‚ N. Economides 2 Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5
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Apple‚ and Microsoft Struggle for Your Internet Experience CASE STUDY r w ’ I I are in an epic struggle to dominate your ‚ n what looks like a college food fight‚ the three Internet titans-Google‚ Microsoft and Apple- can listen to music and watch videos 24/7? It’s no surprise‚ then‚ that today s tech titans are so aggressively battling for control of this brave new ’ Internet experience. What’s at stake is where you search‚ buy‚ find your music and videos‚ and what device you
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excelling in agriculture‚ mathematics‚ architecture‚ writing‚ pottery‚ and calendar-making‚ the Maya were deeply religious. Their religious devotion would seep into all aspects
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Motivation at Microsoft Introduction: As shown by their 4th position in the league of the best 50 places to work in the U.K*published in May 2010‚ Microsoft U.K limited is not only the main market leader in the computer software sector by successfully satisfying consumer’s needs with improved programmes or other products‚ they are also leaders in making their own people enjoy working for them. Economically speaking‚ a business has four main resources: Land‚ capital‚ entrepreneurship and labour
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character and motives In the play Othello‚ the character Iago proves to be one of the most interesting and mysterious character of any Shakespearian play. In Othello‚ Iago attempts to ruin the high ranking military officer‚ Othello‚ and Othello’s wife through a series of manipulation and cruelty. However‚ throughout the play‚ Iago never completely explains his desire to ruin Othello and certainly doesn’t provide legitimate cause to put so many of these characters through such torment. This is what makes
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