5. Question 5 Your friend complains about his company: “I have mixed feelings about my company. On the negative side, decision making is slow. I spend most of my time…
3. Question 3 Alpha divests one of its businesses to Beta. Which statement can we infer? 1 / 1 point Beta is a better parent for that business than Alpha is …
4. Question 4 In 2015 eBay spun-off PayPal. As one justification for this spin-off, the board stated “The benefits of the existing relationships between eBay and PayPal will naturally decline…
2. Question 2 Gamma analyzed all its businesses and concluded they will divest none of them. Which statement can we infer? 1 / 1 point The businesses have synergies with each other…
1. Question 1 One difference between a sell-off, spin-off, and equity carve out is the owners of the divested business. Which statement about these owners is correct? 1 / 1 point Sell-off:…
2. Question 2 Step 2 “Identifying resource gaps” and Step 3 “Identifying candidates” Read the press release, see the reading “Microsoft – LinkedIn (press release)”. What is the key resource…
3. Question 3 Step 4 “Ally or acquire” Discussing slide 11 “Connecting the professional world” of the investor presentation, see the reading “Microsoft – LinkedIn (investor presentation)”, Satya Nadella, CEO…
1. Question 1 Step 1 “Finding synergies” In a conference call with financial analysts, Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft, said: “Great, and so let me now sort of take you through…
6. Question 6 You run a software business. One of your competitors enters a food delivery business through a non-equity alliance with HappyEat. Which statement about this diversification move is…
2. Question 2 After a careful analysis of Alpha (a company active in business A) and Beta (a company active in business B), you conclude that (i) synergies exist between…
