Open AccessDeal making analysis: Microsoft acquired Nokia
Author(s) -
Tier Cao,
Zejian Han,
Hailu Zhang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
bcp business and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2692-6156
DOI - 10.54691/bcpbm.v16i.308
Subject(s) - negotiation , purchasing , handset , business , microsoft office , copying , mobile apps , world wide web , advertising , computer science , marketing , telecommunications , political science , law
These instructions give you guidelines for preparing papers for Deal making analysis: Microsoft acquired Nokia. Microsoft made the surprising announcement that it was purchasing Finnish mobile handset maker Nokia for $7.2 billion, a merger aimed at building Microsoft’s mobile and smartphone offerings. The merger faced even more complexity after the ink dried on the contract—namely, the challenges of integrating employees from different cultures. International business negotiation case studies such as this one underscore the difficulties that companies face when attempting to negotiate two different identities.