the big questions that will decide whether the US$68 billion deal goes ahead
- Written by Joost Rietveld, Associate Professor in Strategic Management, UCL
Microsoft’s proposed US$68 billion (£52 billion) acquisition of video game maker Activision Blizzard should be allowed to go ahead, according to a US federal judge. After five days of gruelling testimony, Judge Jacqueline Corley ruled the merger is unlikely to result in a substantial lessening of competition across the markets for...