Acquisition Economics: Analysing the objective of Skype's acquisition by Microsoft

Bc. Nilufar Babirli, B.S.B.A.

Bachelor's thesis

Abstract:

Bachelor thesis is aimed at the mergers and acquisition process namely at the recent acquisition of Skype by Microsoft Corporation, as this purchase was measured as Microsoft’s biggest ever. The main goal of this bachelor thesis is to analyze the acquisition of Skype by Microsoft including acquisition process, Microsoft motivations and after merge benefits, and conclude what are the expected outlooks. Mainly secondary data are collected from many information sources as such an important transaction was thoughtfully followed by all main financial institutions, analysts and newspapers worldwide. To analyze the data mainly qualitative analysis and partly also quantitative analysis has been made.

Keywords

Microsoft, Skype, stock price, acquisition and mergers, acquisition reasons, shareholders, market statistics, overvaluation of price, M&, A.

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 22. 4. 2014

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Obhajoba proběhla 27. 6. 2014
• Vedúci: Ing. Kateřina Kalinová
• Oponent: MBA Jaromír Stemberg

University of Finance and Administration

Bachelor programme / odbor:
Economics and Management / Business Management and Corporate Finance & Bachelor of Science in Business Administration