Killer Acquisitions
Discussions focus on large companies acquiring smaller competitors or startups primarily to eliminate competition, shut them down, or stifle innovation rather than successfully integrating them.
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Why do every company have to be acquired by a bigger one ?
To get acquired by a bigger company.
Kind of sucks that companies buy their competitors just to disable them.
This sounds like most big corp acquisitions, but nevertheless, sorry that happened.
Seems like usually big companies buy competitors, shut them down, and then progress slows down.
Doesn't this almost always happen with mergers and acquisitions?
The worst thing a big company can do is buy another big company. The two will never mesh well - one will be subsumed into the other. It is very, very rare that big acquisitions and mergers work out well. One company is sure to wither on the vine.If you don't believe me, go ask someone who worked at an EMC company who was part of an acquisition.
Big companies buying up small ones and messing up their vision.... what else is new.
Some companies are purchased only so they won't become major competitors.
Why wouldn't they just M&A? Just curious.