Brooke Sutherland, Columnist

What Michael Dell’s Dud Can Teach Manufacturers

Dell's complicated arrangement with VMware has disappointed. But similar financial engineering could work for industrial companies hunting software deals, including Emerson.

July 23, 2021 at 2:00 PM UTC

By Brooke Sutherland

Brooke Sutherland is Bloomberg News' Boston bureau chief and writes the Industrial Strength Newsletter. She was previously a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering deals and industrial companies and an M&A reporter for Bloomberg News.

Financial engineering may not have worked for Dell, but it did for Schneider Electric — and may for other manufacturers, too. — Financial engineering may not have worked for Dell, but it did for Schneider Electric — and may for other manufacturers, too.
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