On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 02:03:32PM -0400, Norm Baugher wrote.. > Are you suggesting that the mergers like Time/AOL, HP/Compaq, > Daimler/Chrysler, etc. were not smashing successes?
Daimler-Chrysler definitely was not a smashing success.. >From my own experience I can tell that mergers are a mixed blessing (politely speaking) for the employees. Wilko > P. J. Alling wrote: > > It's seldom that the results of such a merger are better than building > > the business you already have. Most such mergers result in > > disappointment. (That doesn't stop them from happening however). A > > classic example was Sperry and Burroughs merging in 1986 to take > > advantage of their "Synergy", the final market share resulting from the > > merger was less that either one had before the merger. Most seem to work > > out that way. The spectacular successes, (which they are few and far > > between), are what keep M&A groups going, but don't ask them about their > > success ratio. > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net --- end of quoted text --- -- Wilko -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
