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
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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 $8.5 billion (cash) Financial multiples (Skype 2010): other companies Very high relative to Enterprise value/EBITDA: > 32x sector
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Yes. Gates had long recognized that it took exceptional people to write outstanding software Microsoft is all about software. Microsoft is a pioneer in this industry and hence attracted extremely intelligent‚ creative and ambitious college graduates since its start up days. Bill gates knack of recognizing genius in others set a precedent. Prime example is Steve Ballmer who helped Microsoft sustain leadership in competitive market. Bill Gates and Steve have deliberately fashioned an organization
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Contents Executive Summary 2 Introduction 3 Microsoft 3 Xbox 4 The Original Xbox 4 Xbox Live 5 Xbox 360 5 The New Next Generation – Xbox One vs PlayStation 4 5 Defining the Industry 6 Gaming Console Market Revenues 2003-13 (US$ 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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Microsoft Recruiting Strategy Recruiting Creative thinking over experience Microsoft has the policy of only recruiting the best and the brightest for their company. Over the years they have dvelopped a system of hiring people fresh from college. They mostly target top universities from the united states‚ Europe and some in japan. It is true that those who just graduated lacked work experience but COO steve ballmer explained that Microsoft preferred creative thinking and ambition over experience
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Why was Microsoft Investigated for Antitrust Behavior? Karen Elmore ECON 312 Professor Guerman Kormilov Devry University Microsoft is a very large and diverse computer software company. It was investigated for antitrust behavior after there were reports that Microsoft was abusing their position as the leading supplier of computer operating systems. Lawmakers investigated to see if Microsoft was trying to create a monopoly of the computer software market. They found that Microsoft was trying
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features and they plan to add more and make this suite more and more easy to use. in simple words‚ MS office is being used everywhere official or unofficial. Introduction: MS office was launched on 1 August 1989 by Microsoft corp. The very first version of Ms Office was made up of Ms Word‚ Ms PowerPoint and Ms Excel and till now 16 versions of MS office have been released for windows and 12 for MAC. The different components of MS Office do different jobs in a particular
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Dear Jonathan Curasi‚ Thank you for ordering from Microsoft - The Ultimate Steal on September . The following email is a summary of your order. Please use this as your proof of purchase. If you paid by credit card‚ please look for DRI*StudentOfficeUS on your credit card billing statement. LOOKING UP YOUR ORDER 1.Go to http://store.digitalriver.com/store/msshus/DisplayHelpPage You may also find other helpful information on this page. 2. Look up your order either through the order
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Microsoft: Competing on Talent (A) In 1999‚ a front page Wall Street Journal article was attracting attention with a headline “As Microsoft Matures‚ Some Top Talent Chooses to Go off Line.” It was a question taken very seriously by Gates and Ballmer who understood that company’s enormous success was largely due to its ability to recruit‚ motivate‚ and retain extraordinary talent. This article explores the HR philosophies‚ policies‚ and practice in 1980s and examines how the policies were managed
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computers come in handy and are very useful. Marketing companies‚ Wall Street‚ major companies like those use computers. With computers‚ you can upload files‚ download files‚ and download anything you want from the internet. You can view files from Microsoft word or PowerPoint or even Excel. Next‚ major car companies use computerized robots to make cars. I honestly feel bad‚ because thousands of people lost their jobs due to computerized robots. Now there are even some cars that can park its self without
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