Tag: business
- The Reviewer's Duty and the Tragedy of the commons (31 Aug 2017)
In Economics, there is a concept called Tragedy of the Commons which simplistically means that when left to their own mechanism, individuals acting out of their own self interest sometimes behave in a manner which is against the common interest of all. Some popular examples of this are air and...
- Was buying LinkedIn a good decision by Microsoft? (29 Jun 2016)
A few days ago, on 13th of June, Microsoft bought LinkedIn for around $26 billion at $196 a share. So, was this buying a good decision? Even before thinking about that, lets try to understand why was LinkedIn sold to Microsoft in the first place. After all, a company proclaiming...