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The Soft Things that Make Mergers Hard

Harvard Business Review

Numerous commentators have targeted culture and "soft" interpersonal issues as an important contributor of M&A success or failure. As Jim Champy says of major organization change, "One of the things I always look for is the appetite for change. What is needed is a mental model to frame the otherwise vague label of "culture."

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