Corporate Lifespans Shrinking?

[earthtodan]

It sounds like they included M&A in their statistics, as in, if a company got acquired it was counted as a corporate death. While it's true that many acquisitions were done in times of distress (such as Wachovia, WaMu, etc. during the financial crisis), we see plenty of acquisitions of companies that are doing just fine. That makes me skeptical of their conclusions.