Laurent Julienne, partner, is interviewed by Maddyness, on the impact in terms of competition and innovation of “killer acquisitions”, the takeover strategy to which high tech companies can be exposed, where a dominant company acquires a competitor not to develop its business, but to suppress it, protect itself from it, recover its data or talent.
He observes a contrasting reality between intentionality and edge effect, and discusses a few essential questions that young entrepreneurs should ask themselves upstream of any operation.
“(…) we systematically ask sellers about their post-acquisition priorities other than financial: do they wish to preserve the integrity of their company, their name, maintain jobs or guarantee the development of their technology? But these are moral commitments, difficult to agree and formalize if the objective is long-term”.
Read his full analysis in Manon Triniac’s article for Maddyness : Read full article.
