On September 3, 2013, Microsoft announced that it would acquire Nokia’s mobile phone division for $7.2 billion. Through a series of...

. The research conducted in this paper is based upon the Mergers & Acquisitions Synergies Framework, developed by combining outside...

Nokia provided financial reports using IFRS while Microsoft reported using US GAAP. Differences in national culture combined with...

The citizens of Finland were unhappy with the announced Microsoft-Nokia merger. The Finns had long felt national pride from Nokia’s...

Management turnover during the period surrounding an acquisition is challenging, particularly when new leaders don’t share the same...

Microsoft discovered that Finns’ views on work-life balance are different from those of Americans. Behavioral misunderstandings caused...

Language differences impede communication. But communication issues arise from much more than just having employees who speak different...