Uncompetitive deals.
On June 15, 1998, two vendors of word-processing software in South Korea, Microsoft and Hangul & Computer (Hancom), announced a deal: Hancom pledged to cease production of its word-processing software, Hangul, in exchange for a $20-million investment by Microsoft. Following this announcement, Hangul...
| Publicado en: | Far Eastern Economic Review Vol. 161; no. 33; pp. 33 - 34 |
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Review Publishing Company Ltd.
August 13 1998
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