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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BUS508-Contemporary Business | Submitted to: | | Submitted by: | | | | | | | | Date of Submission: June 16th‚ 2012 Title of Assignment 5: Financial Management: Google and Microsoft. CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORSHIP: I certify that I am the author of this paper and that any assistance I received in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in the paper. I have also cited any sources from which I used data‚ ideas or words
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as Microsoft have certain strengths. Microsoft‚ for example‚ has a great deal of technology‚ a huge staff of very talented engineers‚ a great deal of experience in designing software‚ a very large market share‚ a well respected brand name‚ and a great deal of cash. Microsoft also has some weaknesses‚ however: The game console and MSN units are currently running at a loss‚ and MSN has been unable to achieve desired levels of growth. Firms may face opportunities in the current market. Microsoft‚ for
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Comprehensive Income Tax Course: Module 2 Final Exam 1. Fred prepared his own tax return last year. This year Fred decided to have his tax return prepared by a professional. During the interview process Fred’s tax preparer realized Fred needs to repay the education credit he took for his son last year. For which of the following reasons would a taxpayer be required to repay an education credit? a) Taxpayer received a refund of personal living expenses b) Taxpayer received tax-free educational
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The History Of China The Great Leap Forward And Culture Revolution Student’s Name: Ziyi Xu Tutor’s Name: Ellie Ristic Submission Date: 25 Nov‚ 2014 Word count: 618 words Since 1949‚ Mao created People Republic of China‚ he became a leader in almost 27 years. The establishment of new China marks the opening of a new age. With the establishment of People’s Republic of China‚ Mao Zedong outlining general goals and main course for transforming China from agricultural country to industrial‚ and
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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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and honesty. But one child turned against her parents and she was the most powerful and destructive of all. She escaped their curse and exiled herself to the Underworld where she continues to torture those many souls who enter her domain. The Titan Oracle foretold of a descendant born of the Light and raised of the Dark who would restore order to the throne of earth and the heavens. With her powers of foresight‚ came her prophecy; Through the gate of Oracle’s Arc There‚ will the descendant of the
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“…Microsoft and Apple have always been at each other’s throats‚ so when they get into bed together you have to start wondering what’s going on…”- David Drummond‚ Senior VP and Chief Legal Officer‚ Google. Mr. Drummond stunned the world with this accusation late 3rd August 2011 in the official Google blog. The Android operating system took the mobile-phone market by storm as its latest version(Honeycomb 3.0) wowed the smart-phone users with out-of-this-world features like multi-tasking‚ multi-touch
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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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nine employees. paired Kinect for Windows with its software to give consumers a Software and Services Kinect for Windows Technologies − Data depth − Microsoft .NET Framework retailers valuable feedback. Styku moved to market quickly using Hardware Kinect for Windows sensor For more information about other Microsoft customer successes‚ please visit: www.microsoft.com/casestudies chance to virtually try on clothes before they buy. The technology‚ soon to be offered by major
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