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johnrob · 2013-05-21 18:21:56

Isn't this always the case with acquisitions though?

gruseom | karma 30328 | avg karma 5.54 · | 2008-02-09 22:02:31+00:00

Doesn't this almost always happen with mergers and acquisitions?

tomnipotent | karma 4025 | avg karma 2.28 · | 2020-12-08 23:34:24+00:00

Except acquisitions work out just as often as they don't.

icedchai | karma 8478 | avg karma 1.53 · | 2017-06-07 13:36:58+00:00

I've seen this happen multiple times. It is by far the most common "acquisition" in my experience.

oefrha | karma 17698 | avg karma 5.08 · | 2022-06-14 10:22:29

You do realize acquisitions occur?

mikeash | karma 74524 | avg karma 3.52 · | 2015-04-20 16:56:49+00:00

It seems like that is the default case for acquisitions with just about any company, and ones where more interesting stuff happens with the acquired company are not the norm.

zaidf | karma 6792 | avg karma 3.19 · | 2009-05-30 17:11:26+00:00

May be because collaborations often turn into an acquisition.

api | karma 31631 | avg karma 2.2 · | 2016-11-21 21:00:47

Don't some number of acquisitions count as this more or less?

baby | karma 14476 | avg karma 1.71 · | 2023-09-19 05:53:40

acquisitions are always hard

techrat | karma 1881 | avg karma 2.78 · | 2021-03-03 22:03:06

Acquisitions don't happen exclusively because a company is buying out someone who is better than them.

Sometimes they happen so a company can buy out someone so they won't have the chance to become better than them and a serious competitor.

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frequentnapper | karma 455 | avg karma 1.5 · | 2020-07-23 21:45:55+00:00

Weren't they all acquisitions?

JoeAltmaier | karma 27896 | avg karma 1.44 · | 2010-11-17 13:41:17+00:00

Really? Those aren't acquisitions?

brown9-2 | karma 15736 | avg karma 3.87 · | 2011-09-07 12:14:08+00:00

That is not how acquisitions work.

monkey_monkey | karma 847 | avg karma 2.58 · | 2022-05-26 07:23:34

Do these type of transactions ever end up well for either the acquirer or the acquired company?

johnyzee | karma 3081 | avg karma 3.93 · | 2011-10-21 11:40:33+00:00

All acquisitions though.

Havoc | karma 16454 | avg karma 2.29 · | 2019-12-10 19:59:37+00:00

Ah right. Acquisition. That makes more sense

ojbyrne | karma 17267 | avg karma 3.87 · | 2014-07-30 11:36:36

This seems to be pretty specious reasoning which has at its heart the principle that acquisitions are the final goal, not a functioning enterprise. I think the acquiring companies would tend to disagree.

capkutay | karma 3324 | avg karma 3.65 · | 2019-01-10 23:53:54+00:00

Not necessarily true. A lot of acquisitions are 'acquihires' meaning they were bought just for their talent capital.

rhizome | karma 18082 | avg karma 1.64 · | 2022-05-13 17:55:54

Acquisitions always ruin the thing being acquired.

AndyNemmity | karma 1885 | avg karma 2.69 · | 2018-11-12 04:18:02+00:00

Depends on the acquisition, several have went well.