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Before a Merger, Consider Company Cultures Along with Financials

Harvard Business Review

Management is usually shocked to find the degree of differences that exist between their two, soon to be merged, organizations — and too few actively consider these integration challenges before the deal. The result of this lack of due diligence is played out all too publicly when deals suddenly fall apart. .”

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It’s Never Been More Important for Big Companies to Listen to Local Communities

Harvard Business Review

Look no further than the recent protests against the completion of the Keystone and the Dakota Access pipelines , or the opposition that stopped the development of the Cape Wind Associates’ offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound. Conflicts like these with local communities are not only divisive, they are expensive.