only works if you immediately fire all top and middle line manages in the aquired company, lest you import a hostile culture and a lot of foreign politics. HP

only works if you immediately fire all top and middle line manages in the aquired company, lest you import a hostile culture and a lot of foreign politics. HP buying EDS, Atos buying SBS - if you ever talk to employees on the inside you'll hear about what a big aquisition means. Big Pharma is better in this, buying others is a key market tactic. Pfizer's handling of the Pharmacia merger is a great example of how to do it - go in hard, literally destroy everything in the target.