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Mergers(企业合并) are always headline news.Some financial commentators even regard them as an indicator of the economic health of a nation.It is strange when you consider that most mergers fail.The deals themselves go through,and regardless of the high costs,the bankers get paid.But then the economies of scale don’t prove good as expected.Employees become nervous and less efficient as they worry about losing their jobs.
Statistics show that over half of mergers fail to fulfill the expected strategic objective.Given all this,it is interesting to see a merger which is successful.And that is what seems to have happened when Promo and Truck Ads merged.
Lendel started Promo in 1991,the same year Watson founded Truck Ads.Both companies did the same thing:they ran poster campaigns on trucks for major advertisers.It looked so easy and profitable that lots of small operators came into the business,which worried both of them because they felt that these new companies did not really know what they were doing.This,they felt,could have a negative effect on all companies in this sector.So Lendel and Watson formed a trade association to protect the reputation of their businesses.
Once they had the market largely to themselves,Lendel and Watson competed in some situations and cooperated in others.Whenever one had more campaigns than they could handle,they would subcontract to the other.Finally,Lendel suggested that her company buy Truck Ads as Lendel and Watson had known and respected each other for years.They had many business values in common,so they knew they would lose business opportunities if they did not get bigger.In negotiations Lendel and Watson were not afraid to handle the problems that so many companies avoid.There was no nonsense about joint leadership or everything staying the same.
Merging is never easy.‘Once the merger had gone through,I was relieved that there had been no lay-offs,’ says Lendel.‘I hadn’t realized,though,how much loyalty there was to the Truck Ads brand.This impressed me but also worried me as we had wiped away the brand overnight.So I brought in policies to make everyone feel part of the team and then I saw every employee individually to explain the advantages of the merger for them.’
74.During negotiations,Lendel and Watson decided that_________________.
A.the two of them could not work together.
B.one person would be in charge of the new company.
C.there would be no major changes in the new company.
D.they would merge some small operators later.
但是我选的是B。我对文中“There was no nonsense about joint leadership or everything staying the same.”这句话始终不理解。我认为这句话说的是在合并中没有“联合管理或一切照旧”的NONSENSE!而我的老师说是在谈判阶段没有关于这个问题的废话，即顺利通过。我非常不理解。希望有人能帮我解决。