DaimlerChrysler confronts the challenges of global integration: Quantum skills that can neutralize cross‐cultural barriers

Mergers and acquisitions are notoriously risky, especially when they involve organizations in different countries. Mercer Human Resource Consulting believes that up to 70 percent of mergers and acquisitions fail to deliver their intended benefits. Other research has shown that perhaps less than a fifth of international mergers and acquisitions add to shareholder value.