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Volume 24, Issue 4
1 August 2003
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Technical Paper| August 01 2003

When worlds collide: culture clash: Corporate culture – illuminating the black hole Available to Purchase

Jerry Want
Jerry Want
Dr. Jerry Want leads the change strategy practice for Organization Strategies Intl LLP of McLean, VA. USA. Formerly Director of Organization Design and Development for Motorola and Supervising Consultant for Coopers & Lybrand, he is the author of Managing Radical Change: Beyond Survival in the New Business Age (now available through the firm). www.OrganizationStrategiesIntl.com
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2052-1197
Print ISSN: 0275-6668
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2003
Journal of Business Strategy (2003) 24 (4): 14–21.
https://doi.org/10.1108/02756660310698542

In this second cover story the author explores the pitfalls of not understanding the difference in corporate culture between merging parties. Highlights a number of examples of failure, and this compliments our first story perfectly.

Keywords:
Organizational culture, Company performance, Business ethics
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2003
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