Sagarra Garcia, MartíNagy, Benedek András2022-09-232022-09-232022https://hdl.handle.net/2445/189304Treballs Finals del Màster en Oficial en Empresa Internacional / International Business, Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona. Curs: 2020-2022. Tutor: Martí Sagarra GarciaThis paper provides a comparison of two key players in the IT industry, Microsoft and Alphabet, from a financial point of view. After analysing the IT industry and introducing the main theoretical concepts of the paper, the study gives a general overview of the two tech giants and compares their business models focusing on how they create and capture value. Furthermore, the case study includes a calculation of financial ratios using secondary data and explains the effect of the Coronavirus pandemic on the companies’ financial performance. Finally, their capital structure and their alleged anti-competitive actions are discussed, outlining two court cases of great importance and their consequences on stock prices.46 p.application/pdfengcc-by-nc-nd (c) Nagy, 2022http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/Indústria informàticaMicrosoft .NETValor (Economia)Anàlisi financeraTreballs de fi de màsterComputer industryMicrosoft .NETValue (Economics)Investment analysisMaster's thesesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess