I’m often fascinated by mergers, or I should say I’m fascinated by how often they are attempted and how rarely they succeed. While it may appear that smaller mergers are more successful than larger ones, the reality is smaller merger failures are vastly easier to cover up. Very few mergers actually deliver the benefits that were promised by their advocates. There are, however, some companies that stand out as merger experts, and they include Cisco, Oracle, EMC, Logitech and with one big exception, Symantec. You’ll notice neither Microsoft nor Yahoo is on that list.
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Why Microhoo Couldn’t Work and How Google Helped It Fail
Posted by: Rob Enderle May 12, 2008 04:00 AMI’m often fascinated by mergers, or I should say I’m fascinated by how often they are attempted and how rarely they succeed. While it may appear that smaller mergers are more successful than larger ones, the reality is smaller merger failures are vastly easier to cover up. Very few mergers actually deliver the benefits that were promised by their advocates. There are, however, some companies that stand out as merger experts, and they include Cisco, Oracle, EMC, Logitech and with one big exception, Symantec. You’ll notice neither Microsoft nor Yahoo is on that list.