Tuesday, 18 January 2022

 ACQUISITIONS - ADS & DISADS


Why has Microsoft, the owners of XBox - just spent almost $70 billion in order to buy Activision Blizzard, the gaming pubisher which produces games such as Call of Duty.

CLICK HERE to read this article from the Guardian - to find out more!

SUGGESTIONS :

- Students to read the article and to produce a list of reasons both why this takeover might prove to be a good move on the part of Microsoft, as well as reasons why this aquisition might not turn out to have been money well spent - based on the evidence in the source - and own knowledge.


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