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 $8.5 billion (cash) Financial multiples (Skype 2010): other companies Very high relative to Enterprise value/EBITDA: > 32x sector
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organization. The course offers a broad array of cases covering several industries‚ and organizations. PEDAGOGY The pedagogy emphasizes the case study method and strategic audit as means to synthesize and organize relevant information in a logical fashion. Active discussion in class is used to exchange knowledge and debate current issues in management. COURSE REQUIREMENTS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Assigned readings Case preparation Participation Term project Team case study presentations and written
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Contents Executive Summary 2 Introduction 3 Microsoft 3 Xbox 4 The Original Xbox 4 Xbox Live 5 Xbox 360 5 The New Next Generation – Xbox One vs PlayStation 4 5 Defining the Industry 6 Gaming Console Market Revenues 2003-13 (US$ million) 6 Revenue forecasts for 2013 7 Industry Trends 7 Loss-leading strategy 7 Innovative Technologies 7 Gaming in the Cloud 7 Rise of Indie Game Developers 8 Porter’s 5 forces analysis 8 Value Chain Analysis 9 Operations and Supply Chain 9 Distribution 10 Marketing 10
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From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia The first version of Microsoft Word was developed by Charles Simonyi and Richard Brodie‚ former Xerox programmers hired by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1981. Both programmers worked on Xerox Bravo‚ the first Microsoft WYSIWYGword processor. The first Word version‚ Word 1.0‚ was released in October 1983 for Xenix and MS-DOS; it was followed by four very similar versions that were not very successful. The first Windows version was released in 1989‚ with a slightly
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Applications -1 ..... The State of Maryland:Serving Its Citizens Without UsingWires 0 . UPS‚Wells Dairy‚Novell‚and GM:The BusinessValue and Challenges ofWi-Fi Networks ;..‚ Z . Boeing Company and Others: ConvergingVoice and Data UsingVoice Over IP Microsoft: Looking at How Companies Do Business - and Writing Software Amazon.com
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Like most large corporations Microsoft has a human resources department that has a large impact on the overall operation of the company. Microsoft’s HR‚ like most has implemented practices that are critical to the company’s success‚ and others that prevent the company from reaching even greater heights. An HR practice which always has been crucial to Microsoft is its recruitment style. Microsoft is only interested in the best‚ to the point where they prefer to leave a position vacant
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Microsoft Project is a wonderful project management software‚ which offers a vast array of benefits and capabilities for someone managing a project‚ large or small. The key to maximizing the using any software program is to ensure training is provided on its uses. There are a number of capabilities within a software program like Microsoft Project. One of them is that it provides tools to calculate the budget and control costs. It has the ability to calculate standard hours‚ overtime hours
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download from http://www.qub.ac.uk/student Click on the Training Materials link (under Useful Information)‚ scroll down to Microsoft Office 2007. Click on the Zip files for Word Essential.zip and download either to desktop or H drive. Right click on the zip file and select Extract All (or unzip to here) This practical should take you approximately 2 hours to complete Microsoft Word’s 2007 Ribbon When Word 2007 is first opened‚ a new blank document is automatically created. The ribbon displayed
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CASE STUDY 1: Mega Marketing Consultancy Mega Marketing Consultancy is a 2 year old company and a family business. Mr. Peter Lorenzana is the father‚ Chairman of the Board who is 60 years old with a highschool background only. He will be retiring soon due to his health concerns. He has been an active consultant with other family businesses which are Psyrap Food‚ Inc. and Lorenzana Construction‚ Corporation. Mr. John Lorenzana is the 30 year old son and the General Manager who is an ex-seminarian
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(ITESM) Name: Oscar Ramirez Pantoja ID: A01062945 February 10th‚ 2014 International Strategic Management Professor: Dr. Mohammad Ayub Ayub Khan ASSIGNMENT -1 Introduction The Case called “Making Strategy: Learning by doing” by Clayton M. Christensen presents an easy method of how to develop an strategy with your company whenever it needs it or how to solve issues that seems to be easy but they are not as easy as they look.
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