Comments on: Innovation Through Acquisition: The "Yes, But" Strategy http://www.businesspundit.com/innovation-through-acquisition-the-yes-but-strategy/ Entrepreneurship, Startup Companies and Business Philosophy Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:31:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Rob http://www.businesspundit.com/innovation-through-acquisition-the-yes-but-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Rob Wed, 09 Nov 2005 23:01:47 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=2342#comment-156 Excellent point... and the comment pRoblem is on my side. The MT upgrade requires me to approve comments. I've turned that feature off, but it still isn't working. Excellent point… and the comment pRoblem is on my side. The MT upgrade requires me to approve comments. I’ve turned that feature off, but it still isn’t working.

]]> By: Jason http://www.businesspundit.com/innovation-through-acquisition-the-yes-but-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-155 Jason Wed, 09 Nov 2005 05:29:21 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=2342#comment-155 Apologies if this gets double posted - don't think my first shot went through. To answer question 2) - few to none. The odd thing about the corporate ladder is that the higher up you go, the number of decisions you need to make whereby one can judge your competence decreases. Look at it from this perspective - an incompetent secretary is unlikely to last long, but it can take an incompetent CEO (Phillip Purcell, for example) years before he/she gets his/her due. We tend to overestimate our abilities, rationalize our failures, and understimate the role of luck. Apologies if this gets double posted – don’t think my first shot went through.

To answer question 2) – few to none. The odd thing about the corporate ladder is that the higher up you go, the number of decisions you need to make whereby one can judge your competence decreases. Look at it from this perspective – an incompetent secretary is unlikely to last long, but it can take an incompetent CEO (Phillip Purcell, for example) years before he/she gets his/her due. We tend to overestimate our abilities, rationalize our failures, and understimate the role of luck.

]]> By: Jason http://www.businesspundit.com/innovation-through-acquisition-the-yes-but-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-154 Jason Wed, 09 Nov 2005 05:27:37 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=2342#comment-154 To answer question 2) - few to none. The odd thing about the corporate ladder is that the higher up you go, the number of decisions you need to make whereby one can judge your competence decreases. Look at it from this perspective - an incompetent secretary is unlikely to last long, but it can take an incompetent CEO (Phillip Purcell, for example) years before he/she gets his/her due. We tend to overestimate our abilities, rationalize our failures, and understimate the role of luck. To answer question 2) – few to none. The odd thing about the corporate ladder is that the higher up you go, the number of decisions you need to make whereby one can judge your competence decreases. Look at it from this perspective – an incompetent secretary is unlikely to last long, but it can take an incompetent CEO (Phillip Purcell, for example) years before he/she gets his/her due. We tend to overestimate our abilities, rationalize our failures, and understimate the role of luck.

]]> By: Frank http://www.businesspundit.com/innovation-through-acquisition-the-yes-but-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Frank Wed, 09 Nov 2005 03:26:13 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=2342#comment-153 M&A is about stock price, not "real" value. M&A is about stock price, not “real” value.

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