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post # 191 — Monday, September 18, 2006 — a General post

"Why Merge?" - new strategy seminar download

This week's podcast seminar, "Why Merge?", discusses the pros and cons (mostly cons) of trying to achieve strategic benefit through mergers.

This seminar includes:

Menu, Bulk, Dots, Alchemy & Crisis: the five types of professional company mergers
Client-centric merger strategies
Four-point checklist for a successful merger

My Business Masterclass audio seminars are always downloadable at no cost. You can download Why Merge? or or sign up to receive new seminars automatically every week by subscribing to my Business Masterclass series with iTunes or other podcast players. (Click here for step-by-step instructions on how to subscribe.)

Given all the merger activity that DOES take place, my skeptical views about the benefits of mergers in professional businesses seem to be out of step with what's going on out there. What am I missing?

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3 Comments

john said

I just don't like when bigger and more powerful companies merge with lesser known companies in order to overtake their resources and knowhow.

posted on Monday, March 19, 2007

Jaron Downes said

When you view only the negetive side to a merge it seems "evil." Yet if you think outside the box and broaden your horizon you will see that there is some economic good in merging. It creates more possibly better jobs. It may raise the production rate, highering the countries GDP and if companies are succefull in merging than it will better cash flow ultimatly bettering the economy.

posted on Thursday, May 8, 2008