In your opinion what business level strategy

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ACQUIRING AND INTEGRADING BUSINESSAfter reading chapter 7, ( ACQUIRING AND INTEGRADING BUSINESS)click on Link and, read the article "Here's What Happened to all 53 of Marissa Meyers Yahoo Acquisitions." Marissa Meyer was the first female engineer and, the 20th employee at Google. In 2012 she was named CEO, at Yahoo, where she went on shopping spree. Over a, very, short period of time, she made 53 acquisitions, on behalf of Yahoo. In 2014, Mayer was ranked sixth on Fortune (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.'s 40 under 40 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. list,[64] (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and was ranked the 16th most-powerful businesswoman in the world..[65] (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. In March 2016 Fortune would name Mayer as one of the world's most disappointing leaders.[66] (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.[54] (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.[55] (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. Yahoo! stocks continued to fall by more than 30% throughout 2015, while 12 key executives left the company.[67 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. Learn more, about Marissa, through this article (and other sources) and, address the following discussion question in your opening post.

How would you describe Marissa Meyers?

strengths, weaknesses

How would you describe her leadership style?

Give an example, or two, of her controversial decisions/company policies (not acquisitions)

In your opinion what "business level strategy" do you think she was following?

Which acquisition do you think was her best decision? Worst decision?

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