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May 2013
Supplement

Yammer (B)

By: Mikolaj J. Piskorski and Aaron Smith

Supplement to Yammer (A), case 712-494 View Details

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May 2013
Case

Yammer (A)

By: Mikolaj J. Piskorski, Kerry Herman and Aaron Smith

In Spring 2012, Yammer was on track to become a highly successful standalone company. Yammer was a leading Enterprise Social Network (ESN), providing companies a private social network in which employees could collaborate securely and efficiently. However, later that... View Details

Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Opportunities; Applications and Software; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Management Teams; Integration; Decision Choices and Conditions; Social and Collaborative Networks; Acquisition; Information Technology Industry

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09 May 2013
News

Amy Hood to take on chief financial officer role at Microsoft

Keywords: Microsoft; Skype; Yammer; Windows 8; Management; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

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software investments including Box (NYSE: BOX), Yammer (acq., MSFT), Twilio (NYSE: TWLO), Newsle (acq., LNKD), SugarCRM, and Insight Squared, in addition to other frontier investments like Planet (NYSE: PL) and SpaceX. After DFJ, he... View Details

23 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 23

personally? Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/813178-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 713-407 Yammer (A) In spring 2012, Yammer was on track to become a highly successful standalone company.... View Details

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Brandon Farwell

Brandon Farwell is a General Partner at Xfund. Prior to Xfund, he was an Investment Professional at DFJ focused on software investments including Box (NYSE: BOX), Yammer (acq., MSFT), Twilio (NYSE: TWLO), Newsle (acq., LNKD), SugarCRM,... View Details

Keywords: Business Products and Services (B2B)

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