Posted by Martyn R Jones on January 30, 2002 at 05:50:41:

Hello,

Greetings from sunny Spain

Can anyone answer this one?

If you take two large IT companies, who both pride themselves on their IC and their ability to manage knowledge, then why would those same two companies decide to merge when all the previous accepted wisdom and knowledge of these transactions is that they are usually very painful, frequently lack real synergy and result in a business that is less than the sum of the two parts?

Regards,

Martyn R Jones
.org

• Consulting

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• Re: KM, Business and Mergers: An answer Daan de Koning 04:11:56 02/04/02 (1)
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• but, if, when, where, who, how, why and a million other maybes? Martyn R Jones 04:55:28 02/02/02 (1)
  • Re: but, if, when, where, who, how, why and a million other maybes? Riva Gianluca 05:51:43 02/04/02 (0)
• Re: KM, Business and Mergers: A question Akhil Shahani 01:31:16 02/01/02 (1)
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• Re: KM, Business and Mergers: A question Riva Gianluca 11:09:31 01/30/02 (1)
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• Re: KM, Business and Mergers: A question Chris 07:39:29 01/30/02 (1)
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