OPINION

Is bigger always better for service companies?

IT WAS quite a surprise when GE announced that it would sell its majority interest in Baker Hughes, barely a year after the deal was completed.

Jeanette Roberts
Jeanette Roberts

Jeanette Roberts

Together GE and Baker Hughes have an impressive global business to rival competitors such as Schlumberger.   But is bigger always better for service companies?   When a merger is announced, there...

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