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Different people. Both of those acquisitions were in the Ballmer era.
by matsur 10y ago
Different people. Both of those acquisitions were in the Ballmer era.
- dpkrjb 10y agoDon't Microsoft own a fund? Wouldn't they realistically send the same team to value Linkdin and Nokia?
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- blackflame7000 10y agoWould you send the same people after the job they did last time?
- inopinatus 10y agoThis criticism is only valid if you can show that the due diligence team that worked Nokia also a) misreported the red flags / the enterprise value of the acquisition, and b) were responsible for mismanaging the post-merger integration. A good deal of M&A goes ahead despite the warnings from the DD team. Sometimes it's a matter of CEO ego, sometimes a strategic long shot overruling the red flags.