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One Reason Mergers Fail: The Two Cultures Aren’t Compatible

Harvard Business Review

provided the founders with considerable latitude in introducing innovative and unorthodox management methods. Prior to the Amazon merger, the company had an egalitarian structure organized around self-managed teams. Managers could operate their stores with autonomy and tailor products to customer preferences.

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Marketing Success | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

with the only outcomes being failed initiatives and splintered management teams. Lastly, don’t decentralize marketing…consistent messaging across markets, mediums and constituencies is critical. Don’t be guilty of mixed messaging because the right hand didn’t know what the left hand was doing.

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Using Supply Chains to Grow Your Business

Harvard Business Review

Manage culture by setting expectations appropriately. Innovative, proudly geeky Norwegian software company, Trolltech , an open-source pioneer, landed a contract with the mobile division of Sharp, the Japan-based consumer electronics global powerhouse. Manage the arduously long sales cycle.