Evaluation:
Published: 04.06.2006.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Mergers and Acquisitions', 1.
  • Essays 'Mergers and Acquisitions', 2.
Extract

Identify any contradictions you feel exist in either cultural descriptions - any elements you don't think would exist in a real environment
As the two companies merge contradictions will continue to develop within the new company. Right now the two companies major contradictions are management styles, acquisition of software (in-house versus vendor-written), and internal cultures.
In the real world "mergers and acquisitions have only a one-in-eight success rate based on most standard metrics. …

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