Sceptics about the value of big mergers often turn out to be right: promised synergies never materialise and managers get sucked into the tedium of integrating IT systems and the like.

怀疑论者对于大并购价值的怀疑经常是对的：所承诺的协同增效效应从来没有实现，管理者陷入类似于整合it系统一样的乏味整合。