These experts point to merger negotiations between MCI and British Telecommunications in 1996, before WorldCom bought MCI, as one of the most egregious examples of merger compensation abuse.
So there are few recent examples of mergers between nation-states (North and South Yemen and the two Germanies are rare exceptions) but many of secession.
High-profile struggles by the likes of auto giants DaimlerBenz and Chrysler or America Online's $180 billion acquisition of Time Warner provide stark examples of mergers and acquisitions gone bad.
While some of the first biotech companies in the region have managed to stay independent and are now blossoming into full-fledged pharmaceutical companies (Biogen, Genzyme), there are some examples of merger-mania which stand out in New England as well.
There are plenty of examples of mergers around the country since the 1980s that have increased tuition, failed to reduce the costs of running colleges and universities, and created tense standoffs between administrators and faculty members, students and alumni.
With its utensils suspended over a dense covering of gray pigment strokes, the work is a good example of the merger of abstraction's ambiguity and the specifics of life.
He pointed to this week's announcement of talks between OfficeMax and Office Depot, a classic example of a merger between two companies in the same business that would save costs and reduce competition.
"This is a nice example of this merger," she says.
GlaxoSmithKline is cited as an example of a merger that didn't work; it is bigger than the companies that formed it but still suffers from a relative paucity of new drugs.
If in fact this attack was carried out by Russia, as the White House is contending and candidate Trump is inviting, then it would mark the most prominent public example of the merger of political risk with cyber warfare.
