Microsoft to Acquire Linkedin for $26.02 Billion

Requirement: answer these questions in essay form:

1. Is Linkedin an economic complement of Microsoft Office? Are there potential untapped complementarities between Microsoft Office and Linkedin that motivate Microsoft’s acquisition of Linkedin? Is there a strategic fit between Microsoft and Linkeddin?

2. Has Microsoft’s recent acquisitions proven successful?

3. What has caused the value of Linkedin to recruiters to decline recently?

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