Be Brave in the New Economic World
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A recent study confirms what we’ve been saying for months: companies that are bold in these troubled economic times will reap the benefits of their actions. As the study’s authors state:
“Companies with M&A in mind should be emboldened by our analysis: fortune favors the brave. Fears that M&A is riskier post-Lehman seem to be misplaced.”
The study cites Cisco as one company that has been making acquisitions during this time and has outperformed the major indices. Cisco is a classic example of a company making consistently making small, targeted acquisitions to calibrate their business. One quote that has stuck with me in the past few months comes from Cisco CEO John Chambers this past March:
“Without exception, all of my biggest mistakes have come because I have moved too slowly.”
NYTimes | DealBook
- A Tangled Web for the Wyly Brothers July 30, 2010 By PETER J. HENNING
- Nokia Siemens Holds Talks With Private Equity July 30, 2010 By MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED
- Lessons from End of the Charles River Deal July 30, 2010 By STEVEN M. DAVIDOFF
- Subprime Colleges, Revisited July 30, 2010 By CHRIS V. NICHOLSON
- Waiting for a Facebook I.P.O.? Keep Waiting July 30, 2010 By DEALBOOK
- Kekst & Co. Names Rand as Chief Executive July 30, 2010 By DEALBOOK
- Paulson Calls for Shrinking Fannie and Freddie July 30, 2010 By DEALBOOK
- Morning Take-Out July 30, 2010 By DEALBOOK
- Musk's Secret Identity Is Revealed July 30, 2010 By DEALBOOK
- Tyco Sells European Water Unit to Triton July 30, 2010 By DEALBOOK
Google News | M&A
- Deutsche Bank Hires Citigroup's Sommer as Head of Energy M&A - BusinessWeek July 26, 2010
- Lazard outpaces rivals as merger fees rise - Financial Times July 28, 2010
- U.K. Mergers on the Rise - Barron's July 31, 2010
- Lessons from End of the Charles River Deal - New York Times (blog) July 30, 2010
- Woori sales to speed up M&A 'big bang' - Korea Times July 30, 2010
- Takeover Spree May Point to Second-Half Pickup as Volume Tops $1 Trillion - Bloomberg July 30, 2010
- DEALTALK-White knight could be elusive for Genzyme - Reuters July 30, 2010
- Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions - Reuters July 28, 2010
- DEALTALK-Merger market slows to a crawl as caution rules - Reuters July 30, 2010
- Jefferies Expands European Mergers & Acquisitions Group - MarketWatch (press release) July 27, 2010
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