Quote by Geoffrey West

“One study of corporate mergers and acquisitions—some of the highest-stakes decisions executives make—showed that 83% failed to create any value for shareholders.”

— Chip Heath

Most companies don't die because they are wrong; they die because they don't commit themselves. They fritter away their momentum and their valuable resources…

— Andy Grove

“Companies are suffering. They face recession and dowsizing. They make a loss profit , losing their clients and best skilled employees because of someone…

— De philosopher DJ Kyos

Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation will thrive.

— Edward de Bono

“Enduring great companies don’t exist merely to deliver returns to shareholders. Indeed, in a truly great company, profits and cash flow become like blood…

— Jim Collins

My half-baked reading of history is that we continue to go through these waves of entrepreneurial explosion followed by merger mania and consolidation. Out…

— Tom Peters

Doomed enterprises divide lives forever into the then and now

— Cormac McCarthy

“in any company’s greatest achievements one might, with the clarity of hindsight, locate the beginnings of its own demise.”

— Jon Gertner

Companies die because their managers focus on the economic activity of producing goods and services, and they forget that their organizations' true nature is…

— Arie de Geus

“If you look at big companies, only 1/3 of them will exist in 2 decades.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

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

— Chip Heath

Over the very long term, history shows that the chances of any business surviving in a manner agreeable to a company's owners are slim…

— Charlie Munger