As a result, many strategic buyers who were shut out of high-priced deals in the 2003-2007 hey day of deal activity, focused instead on harvesting their free cash flow to build acquisition war chests.
We are trying to build acquisitions into a process by removing a lot of flexibility out of the deals.
She also questions the value from its spending spree: Capita is a business built by acquisition.
After PFC had been built through acquisition into one of the leading firms in its niche in the catalyst business, it was sold for $164m in 1997 to an American chemicals firm.Small and beautifulThe influx of Americans, and the interest of a number of new European venture-capital firms, is beginning to worry investors.
Built on acquisition and consolidation, Bank of America is the world's largest consumer bank.
Although a wide variety of expert systems has been built, knowledge acquisition remains a development bottleneck [2, 21].
Empires built through acquisitions can run into problems as they sprawl.
It appears that the company, which Mr. Mittal built through acquisitions before the financial crisis, continues to face a long, hard journey.
URS, a diversified business largely built through acquisitions, is paying a significant premium for Flint, a Canadian provider of construction services.
"His legacy is a company that's been built through acquisitions, with a lot of products that don't have much competition," said John McPeake, a software analyst at Prudential Securities.
She left BSkyB 11 years ago "with regret" after a series of disagreements with Sky's then management team, and went on to set up Shine, which she built through acquisitions funded by a mixture of debt and family money.
