- Oct 25, 2018 2 min Case Study of a Failed M&A—Concluding Thoughts on Microsoft’s Acquisition of Nokia . The research conducted in this paper is based upon the Mergers & Acquisitions Synergies Framework, developed by combining outside findi...
- Oct 24, 2018 5 min Case Study of a Failed M&A—The Role of Accounting and Finance in Microsoft’s Acquisition Nokia provided financial reports using IFRS while Microsoft reported using US GAAP. Differences in national culture combined with differ...
- Oct 22, 2018 3 min Case Study of a Failed M&A—The Role of Environment in Microsoft’s Acquisition of Nokia The citizens of Finland were unhappy with the announced Microsoft-Nokia merger. The Finns had long felt national pride from Nokia’s succe...
- Oct 17, 2018 4 min Case Study of a Failed M&A—The Role of Management in Microsoft’s Acquisition of Nokia Management turnover during the period surrounding an acquisition is challenging, particularly when new leaders don’t share the same passi...
- Oct 15, 2018 5 min Case Study of a Failed M&A—The Role of Behavior in Microsoft’s Acquisition of Nokia Microsoft discovered that Finns’ views on work-life balance are different from those of Americans. Behavioral misunderstandings caused te...
