112. On September 30, 2000, Mattel, a major toy manufacturer, virtually gave away The Learning Company, a
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1–12. On September 30, 2000, Mattel, a major toy manufacturer, virtually gave away The Learning Company, a maker of software for toys, to rid itself of a disastrous acquisition of a software publishing firm that actually had cost the firm hundreds of millions of dollars. Mattel, which had paid $3.5 billion for the firm in 1999, sold the unit to an affiliate of Gores Technology Group for rights to a share of future profits. Was this related or unrelated diversification for Mattel?
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ISBN: 9780123748782
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Authors: Donald DePamphilis
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