When you see a merger between two giants in a declining industry, it can look like the financial version of a couple having a baby to save a marriage.
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I think when a couple stays together, it's because of compromises they've both made.
Mergers are like marriages. They are the bringing together of two individuals. If you wouldn't marry someone for the 'operational efficiencies' they offer in the running of a household, then why would you combine two companies with unique cultures and identities for that reason?
This would be a much better world if more married couples were as deeply in love as they are in debt.
Businesses that run well are almost like marriages. Everything has to be up for discussion, or there will be real problems.
The great marriages are partnerships. It can't be a great marriage without being a partnership.
Joint-stock companies are yet in their infancy, and incorporated capital, instead of being a thing which can be overturned, is a thing which is becoming more and more indispensable.
Typical mergers happen when there are two competitors coming together, and they reduce overhead.
Marriage feels like an industry with catering and really expensive bands.
Mergers generate substantial synergies.
Cofounders will endure so much together that their relationship is often compared to a marriage.
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