It's often hubris, but I have personally seen it done to dispose of competition. They could have decided to be better at running their own company, but, of cour

It's often hubris, but I have personally seen it done to dispose of competition. They could have decided to be better at running their own company, but, of course, big corporations don't work that way. Nope, buy that troublesome startup, run it out of gas, problem solved.