Microsoft canceled to take over Yahoo
May 4, 2008 by h3ncy
It was an interesting news I read today that Microsoft had canceled its offer to take over Yahoo just because both companies could not reach a deal. Actually, Yahoo wanted Microsoft to buy their stock at US $37. But, Microsoft just agreed with the price of US $33 per stock. Yahoo thought that the offer was too low for their company that has a huge market of internet users in the world. Of course, that can be one of the reason why Yahoo denied Microsoft’s offer to merge with their company since Yahoo has a potential market and its strategic positioning in cyber world.
From the story, we can know that when a company wants to merge with another companya, they should learn many things about the company first whether the merger could add some advantages or profitable for the company or not. If not, so the company might think to cancel the merger. I think with or without merger, the company still can focus to their businesses and maximize their potential and resources to get advantages in the market. Besides, they can still find some strategies to add more profits for their shareholders, employees, partners, and their consumers.
It seems like mergers can not help produce any strategies but the strategies themselves play parts in a company. I agree what you said in this blog.