2013 Google – Motorola Mobility Acquisition This project has been prepared as part of the Investment Banking course at SIBM Bengaluru. It highlights the salient features of the acquisition of Motorola Mobility by Google and its take from an Investment Banking perspective. Rohit Jhunjhunwala 12020841158 8/18/2013 Table of Contents Executive Summary................................................................................................................................. 3 Introduction:
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LECTURE 4 Investment under uncertainty‚ real options Derivatives valuation approach. Example: Copper mine Strategic options. Examples: Copper mine with shutdown option Valuing Vacant Land Valuation of an option to delay Ratio comparison approach Additional Definitions ECOM051 Business Finance‚ Lecture 4 (Dr Giles Spungin‚ G.Spungin@qmul.ac.uk‚ www.excalibur24.com‚ QMUL©2010-11) 1 Discounted cash flow methods ignore opportunities (strategic options
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Business Economics Report | 5 2 Essay – Microeconomics Evaluate the decision by Google to buy Motorola. What economic concepts would support this investment and in your opinion why might the purchase of Motorola be anti-competitive? “We are on a turning-point in the world of personal technology. For around 30 years PCs in various forms have been people’s main computing devices. Now the rise of smartphones and tablet computers threatens to erode the PC’s dominance‚ prompting talk that a “post-PC”
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and corporations still don’t follow these rules. For example‚ the major corporation Toshiba was recently involved in a 1.2 billion dollar accounting scandal. It all began when company heads introduced
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Assignment 1: Organizational and National Cultures in Polish-U.S. Joint Venture Global Business Manangement-510 Professor Sue Golabek Christi Griffin October 27‚ 2013 Introduction In multinational workplaces understanding how important the significance of cultural differences is larger than we might think. Organizations that are diverse have to work together because their functionality impacts the productivity of the workplace. It is vital to have an understanding the different
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Why Businesses Enter Into Joint Ventures Intense competition has forced many firms to seek competitive advantage beyond their native boundaries. The economic achievement of China during the last two decades has been impressive. As a result‚ China has become the place where many Western companies are eager to gain competitive advantage through the exploitation of its abundant resources. Numerous international companies have been competing for business opportunities in China in the form of JV. As
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RISK MITIGATION USING VENTURE AGREEMENTS IN THE UPSTREAM INDUSTRY (A CASE STUDY AND MODELLING APPROACH) BY SODE ADESOJI O. (51124473) AUGUST 2012 A Dissertation Presented In Partial Fulfillment Of The Requirements For The Degree Of MSc. International Business Energy And Petroleum At The University Of Aberdeen DECLARATION I declare that this thesis has been composed by myself‚ that it has not been accepted in any previous application for a degree‚ that the work of which
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Acquisition of Motorola by Google On August 15‚ Google announced an agreement to acquire Motorola Mobility‚ based in Libertyville‚ Illinois‚ for $40 per share. Both companies’ boards of directors have approved the deal. Benefits of the deal Google and Motorola Mobility together will accelerate innovation and choice in mobile computing. Consumers will get better phones at lower prices. Motorola Mobility’s patent portfolio will help protect the Android ecosystem. Android‚ which is open-source
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Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………2 2.1 Venture capital and its role in the investment process………………………………2 2. Google Inc. development and role of venture capitalists in it………………………4 3.2 The history of the company………………………………………………………………4 3.3 Major investments and acquisitions……………………………………………………6 3.4 Role of Venture Capitalists in the lifecycle of the company………………………….9 3.5.1 Sequoia Capital as a major venture capital firm involved………………………9 3.5
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The National Basketball Association and NBA Properties‚ Inc. v. Motorola‚ Inc.‚ 105 F.3d 841‚ Decided 1997 by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Facts: Motorola manufactures a paging device called SportsTrax that transmits game information to users. In the “current” setting‚ the pager displays real time game statistics‚ including the name of the teams‚ the score as it changes‚ which team has possession of the ball‚ and the time remaining in the game. The information
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