Mergers & Acquisitions: The Case of Microsoft and Nokia Luís Franco Hilário Advisor: Peter Tsvetkov Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degrees of MSc in Business Administration‚ at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa SEPTEMBER 2011 1 Abstract Due to the financial downturn and the emergence of new devices in the global handset market has led companies to change their business strategies. Indeed‚ Mergers and Acquisition are considered one of the
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NOKIA AND MICROSOFT News from Microsoft -1.28% in the last few days – 4Q14 earnings‚ an announcement of 18‚000 layoffs‚ and the release of a memo from Microsoft’s EVP of devices Stephen Elop about rightsizing – has brought about a clearer picture of Microsoft’s plans for Nokia Nokia’s phones‚ which it acquired in April for $7 billion. Nokia was one of many cellphone manufacturers that struggled as Apple -1.13%’s iOS and Google GOOGL -1.92%’s Android gained dominance of the smartphone market and displaced
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Nokia Microsoft alliance LONDON – Feb. 11‚ 2011 – Nokia and Microsoft today announced plans to form a broad strategic partnership that would use their complementary strengths and expertise to create a new global mobile ecosystem. Nokia and Microsoft intend to jointly create market-leading mobile products and services designed to offer consumers‚ operators and developers unrivalled choice and opportunity. As each company would focus on its core competencies‚ the partnership would create the opportunity
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INTRODUCTION Microsoft is to acquire Nokia ’s mobile phone arm in a swansong deal for the software giant ’s long-serving chief executive‚ Steve Ballmer‚ delivering Europe ’s last big handset maker into American ownership. For €5.44bn (£4.6bn)‚ Nokia is casting off the business that once represented Finland ’s most important export‚ in a deal that will result in 32‚000 staff transferring to Microsoft. Overtaken in the smartphone arena by Apple and Samsung‚ Nokia ’s board agreed to end the company
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Table of Contents Introduction History of the Microsoft Company History of the Yahoo Company Merger Conclusion Reference Introduction Voluntary amalgamation of two firms on approximately equal terms into one new legal entity called merger. Mergers are effected by exchange of the pre-merger stock (shares) for the stock of the new firm. Owners of each pre-merger firm continue as owners‚ and the resources of the
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INTRODUCTION Microsoft Corporation started its work in Washington. Its co-founder is one of the successful persons in the world named Bill gates. Microsoft has many products ranging from windows operating system to internet portal (which provide all related services of internet) History of Nokia tells us that it hasn’t been a manufacturer of phones in past‚ this company made footwear‚ tires and paper products before it involved in mobile industry. In 1990 the company focused only on telecommunication
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M&A (Refresher) Microsoft - Nokia Deal SML -829 ; Mergers & Acquistion Course DMS ‚ IIT Delhi Group no-1 Pawandeep Singh Maniktala | Mayank Lau Nokia CEO Stephen Elop (left) and Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer shake hands at the announcement of Microsoft’s Acquisition of Nokia for $7.2 billion M&A - Microsoft - Nokia Deal Industry View : ● Nokia was one of many cell phone manufacturers that struggled ● Apple‘s iOS and Google ‘s Android gained dominance of the smartphone market and displaced cellphones
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NOKIA AND MICROSOFT JOIN FORCES IN SMARTPHONE WAR On the 11th of February 2011‚ Nokia Corporation announced the alliance with Microsoft Corporation‚ unveiling their aggressive strategy to challenge Google and Apple for domination of the hot smartphone market. In this strategic alliance‚ Nokia will use Microsoft’s mobile operating system (OP) Windows Phone on its smartphones. As per the deal‚ Windows Phone would replace Symbian as the primary OS on Nokia’s phones and Nokia would pay royalties to
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integration between Microsoft and Nokia‚ two market leaders in their own rights‚ may create new opportunities to challenge the market. This acquisition and consolidated case study discusses the acquisition of Nokia by Microsoft. Throughout
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Strategic Alliance between Nokia and Microsoft Business Administration knowledge assists the implementation of the strategic alliance between Nokia and Microsoft from several aspects. To begin with‚ decisions about leadership are one of the most disturbing problems in the strategic alliance; interim leaders are appropriate solutions to the issue (Werther‚ 1998). Interim leaders are those haired from a third party‚ not belonging to the alliance partners. Compared to selecting a leader from one
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