Life and death, sorta
Life cycle of a corporation.
Phase I. Make widgets.
Phase II. Sell widgets made elsewhere.
Phase III. Get bought by a holding company.
Phase IV. Sell crappier widgets - made yet more cheaply - somewhere else.
Phase V. Sell the widgets primarily in order to get cash to invest.
Phase VI. Break the union and raid the pension.
Phase VII. Manipulate the stock price to goose bonuses/options for the executives.
Phase VIII. Manipulate the financials to support the stock price.
Phase IX. Get bought out by private equity vultures; huge golden parachutes for the executives
Phase X. Sell off the assets, bleed off the cash, cannibalize the brand.
Phase XI. Go bankrupt, get bailed out.
Phase I. Make widgets.
Phase II. Sell widgets made elsewhere.
Phase III. Get bought by a holding company.
Phase IV. Sell crappier widgets - made yet more cheaply - somewhere else.
Phase V. Sell the widgets primarily in order to get cash to invest.
Phase VI. Break the union and raid the pension.
Phase VII. Manipulate the stock price to goose bonuses/options for the executives.
Phase VIII. Manipulate the financials to support the stock price.
Phase IX. Get bought out by private equity vultures; huge golden parachutes for the executives
Phase X. Sell off the assets, bleed off the cash, cannibalize the brand.
Phase XI. Go bankrupt, get bailed out.
