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William D. Cohan on the Rise and Fall of GE

Masters in Business

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GE and M&A

M&A was in GE's DNA. Thomas Edison wanted nothing to do with the merger of General Electric and a rival electric power company. The idea of clean, accessible light didn't catch on for years but caught on very quickly once it did.

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