M&A the way forward for dotcom and technology companies

The main question left to answer is ''buy or be bought?''
October 31, 2000

It happened with automobiles and it happened with personal computers. If you subscribe to Michael Porter's classic "Lifecycle of an Industry" framework - the end of the growth stage is marked by a structural change from a fragmented industry, to one dominated by fewer, more powerful players.

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