Why Microsoft Is Willing to Pay So Much for GitHub
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 6, 2018
To put this in perspective, Microsoft acquired LinkedIn for $26 billion in 2016 (7.2x Financial value is the stuff of business school and stock markets. It’s about multiples of revenue or earnings, sales growth, profit margins, and management theory. Microsoft’s $7.5 So why the difference?
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