Skype - lessons learned from a history of success and failure in mergers and acquisitions - legal and financial aspects of intellectual property within the Skype acquisition

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Autor(a) principal: Aberham, Timon Matthias
Data de Publicação: 2024
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/181785
Resumo: The eventful acquisition history of Skype first gained attention in 2005 with eBay’s $2.6 billion takeover of the then-unprofitable VoIP technology company. After failed attempts to integrate the software into eBay’s bidding platform and an associated $1.4 billion write-down, legal disputes over the technology’s source code with Skype’s co-founders exposed the importance of intellectual property in the context of Mergers & Acquisitions. A subsequent majority stake sale to private equity investors at a $2.75 billion valuation and two attempted public floats later, Microsoft announced the staggering $8.5 billion acquisition that further illuminated challenges around intangible asset valuation and regulatory approval.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Skype - lessons learned from a history of success and failure in mergers and acquisitions - legal and financial aspects of intellectual property within the Skype acquisition
title Skype - lessons learned from a history of success and failure in mergers and acquisitions - legal and financial aspects of intellectual property within the Skype acquisition
spellingShingle Skype - lessons learned from a history of success and failure in mergers and acquisitions - legal and financial aspects of intellectual property within the Skype acquisition
Aberham, Timon Matthias
Corporate finance
Case study
Mergers & Acquisitions
Intellectual property
Valuation
Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
title_short Skype - lessons learned from a history of success and failure in mergers and acquisitions - legal and financial aspects of intellectual property within the Skype acquisition
title_full Skype - lessons learned from a history of success and failure in mergers and acquisitions - legal and financial aspects of intellectual property within the Skype acquisition
title_fullStr Skype - lessons learned from a history of success and failure in mergers and acquisitions - legal and financial aspects of intellectual property within the Skype acquisition
title_full_unstemmed Skype - lessons learned from a history of success and failure in mergers and acquisitions - legal and financial aspects of intellectual property within the Skype acquisition
title_sort Skype - lessons learned from a history of success and failure in mergers and acquisitions - legal and financial aspects of intellectual property within the Skype acquisition
author Aberham, Timon Matthias
author_facet Aberham, Timon Matthias
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Desai, Pranav
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Aberham, Timon Matthias
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Corporate finance
Case study
Mergers & Acquisitions
Intellectual property
Valuation
Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
topic Corporate finance
Case study
Mergers & Acquisitions
Intellectual property
Valuation
Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
description The eventful acquisition history of Skype first gained attention in 2005 with eBay’s $2.6 billion takeover of the then-unprofitable VoIP technology company. After failed attempts to integrate the software into eBay’s bidding platform and an associated $1.4 billion write-down, legal disputes over the technology’s source code with Skype’s co-founders exposed the importance of intellectual property in the context of Mergers & Acquisitions. A subsequent majority stake sale to private equity investors at a $2.75 billion valuation and two attempted public floats later, Microsoft announced the staggering $8.5 billion acquisition that further illuminated challenges around intangible asset valuation and regulatory approval.
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