> > On 9 August 2011 20:06, Josh Berry <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 2011/8/9 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]>: >> > the existence of patent portfolios is a >> > strong driver in big companies acquiring little ones, which I see as >> good >> > for the industry and innovation in general). >> >> Do you have anything to back this? It always seemed to me that >> trademarks/marketshare and talent were the largest drivers of >> acquisitions. At least the successful ones. >> >> > More to the point, what proof is there that acquisition in general is good > for the industry and innovation? > > I would have thought that having more, and smaller, companies is going to > do better in terms of job creation, range of products on the market, quality > of customer service, distribution of capital back into the economy, etc... >
It seems like a bit of a catch 22. The existence of small companies looks important to me, but if the odds of being acquired are very low, very few entrepreneurs/investors will take the risk to create one. It looks like we need to maintain a fragile balance of always having a reasonable number of small companies with a reasonable percentage of them being acquired, but not too much nor too little. Sounds like the very definition of unstable equilibrium. -- Cédric -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
