Education Quote by Chip Heath

“Publicly traded companies die through acquisitions, mergers, and bankruptcies at the same rate regardless of how well established they are or what they actually…

— Geoffrey West

Management has failed miserably at creating increased value for shareholders. Indeed, despite some recent short-term gains, which actually only put us back where we…

— Roy O. Disney

The historical evidence shows that shareholders usually greatly benefit from mergers.

— Stephen Moore

Takeovers wouldn't cause the stock market to rise unless there is an upward reassessment of earnings (potential). People are more optimistic and confident about…

— Lawrence Summers

For acquiring companies, the excitement is almost always about where they are going - that is, their strategy for gaining greater growth and productivity.…

— Punit Renjen

Well, you would have to say what is the criteria to determine the success of any merger? It would have to be that the…

— Anonymous

Most shareholders have little if any control over the companies in which they own stock, even if they own a million shares.

— Robert Kiyosaki

Successful enterprises are built from the ground up. You can't assemble them with a bunch of acquisitions.

— Louis V. Gerstner, Jr

“It seems some CEOs who pay extremely large acquisition premiums … come to believe their own press.”

— Chip Heath

In the 1980s, corporate raiders began mounting unfriendly takeovers of companies that could deliver higher returns to their shareholders - if they abandoned their…

— Robert Reich

What the American people don't understand is how Merrill Lynch or AIG or Lehman Brothers can reward people, and the entity fails. Not only…

— Richard Grasso

There have been many very successful acquirers, where they've bought up companies, and they've grown their earnings very rapidly, and the stock has appreciated…

— John Paulson