Overplayed bid — the 2016 GE’s failed SLM Solutions takeover

The infamous bidding war that nearly drowned today’s metal AM leader

This is one of those stories where one person’s decision changes the lives of many others.

This is one of those stories where greed — or a “strategy focused on maximizing profits” — backfires and causes more harm than the sum of all expected benefits.

This is one of those stories where one person’s loss turns out to be another’s gain.

Eight years ago — on …