There are always 100 different reasons not to do a deal. Most acquisition fail. Big acquisitions, in particular, usually don’t work out. But acting in the fact of skepticism is part of eBay’s DNA.
不做一件事,总有100个理由。大多数收购都是失败的,特别是大型收购。但在别人都怀疑的情况下行动,是eBay基因的一部分。
——eBay首席执行官梅格•惠特曼谈公司斥资26亿美元收购Skype。