Publications
Publications
- November 2005 (Revised October 2012)
- HBS Case Collection
The MCI Takeover Battle: Verizon versus Qwest
By: Malcolm P. Baker and James Quinn
Abstract
MCI's board of directors is considering competing bids from Verizon and Qwest. Qwest, a smaller company with a weaker balance sheet, is offering almost a billion dollars more. But Verizon, one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world, has a history of successful mergers and acquisitions.
Keywords
Mergers and Acquisitions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Capital Markets; Financial Strategy; Governing and Advisory Boards; Valuation; Telecommunications Industry; United States
Citation
Baker, Malcolm P., and James Quinn. "The MCI Takeover Battle: Verizon versus Qwest." Harvard Business School Case 206-045, November 2005. (Revised October 2012.)