"[[Peter Drucker]] once observed that t**he drive for mergers and acquisitions comes less from sound reasoning and more from the fact that doing deals is a much more exciting way to spend your day than doing actual work**. Indeed, the comparison companies would have well understood the popular bumper sticker from the 1980s, “**When the going gets tough, we go shopping!**”" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[mergers-and-acquisitions]], [[discipline]], [[progressing-slowly]], **Source** -- [[202410171047 - B - Good to Great]]