Q: Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Billionaire? A: Baan -- Foster Care for Its Orphans Needed As Well
P.J. Jakovljevic - March 1, 1999

Event Summary

On February 27, Baan Co. interim chief executive Pierre Everaert said he could not rule out a takeover of the troubled Dutch business-management software group. 'If someone comes along and offers a good price and can assure further growth at Baan, how can I say no?,' Everaert said in an interview at the CeBIT trade fair in Hannover, Germany. Everaert took up his post after the departure in January of CEO Mary Coleman, followed by the resignation of chief financial officer Jim Mooney...