Professor AnalysisFebruary 20, 2024
In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, integrating high-potential start-ups into an existing business portfolio has emerged as a crucial strategy for achieving long-term growth, especially in dynamic sectors like pharmaceuticals and technology. An analysis by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reveals that between 2010 and 2019, the leading five technology firms in the United States—Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, and Facebook (now known as Meta)—collectively completed 616 acquisitions of start-ups. Similarly, Chinese giants such as Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, and ByteDance have adopted a comparable approach to expansion, with Tencent notably executing seven acquisitions in 2022, predominantly targeting start-ups and small enterprises. […]