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A friend of mine works for a large M&A advisory firm. Apparently it happens all the time and the acquiring companies often make it deliberately hard for an acqu
by rsp1984 9y ago
A friend of mine works for a large M&A advisory firm. Apparently it happens all the time and the acquiring companies often make it deliberately hard for an acquired company to meet their earn-out targets, e.g. by hitting them with a lot of bureaucracy.
- dstroot 9y agoI've been bought twice. Each time the acquiring firm's bureaucracy was massively impactful. It's not done intentionally- larger companies need the structure. I have always thought of it as "gearing" - as in a large gear can make a small gear turn very fast simply by barely moving. Or put another way what happens when everyone in the larger company just needs 10 minutes of your time? You are booked for six months.