Recent Articles From EvanCarmichael.com http://www.evancarmichael.com/ http://www.evancarmichael.com/Franchises/727/Knowledge-Intellectual-Capital-is-a-firms-source-of.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Franchises/727/Knowledge-Intellectual-Capital-is-a-firms-source-of.html “Today's most technologically advanced economies are truly knowledge-based” World Development Report, 1999. For countries in the vanguard of the world economy, the balance between knowledge and resources has shifted so far towards the former, that knowledge has become perhaps the most important factor determining the standard of living - more than land, tools and labor. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Franchises/727/Managers-Involve-Workers-To-Improve-System.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Franchises/727/Managers-Involve-Workers-To-Improve-System.html Quality at Work http://www.evancarmichael.com/Franchises/727/3-Dimensional-Quality.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Franchises/727/3-Dimensional-Quality.html Quality at Work http://www.evancarmichael.com/Franchises/727/Impact-of-Culture-on-Mergers-and-Acquisitions.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Franchises/727/Impact-of-Culture-on-Mergers-and-Acquisitions.html no matter how adept top executives have been in working the art of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), many are now singing the post M&A blues. According to a KPMG International study, 83% of mergers and acquisitions fail due to mismanagement of cultures. Merging balance sheets it turns out is far easier than merging cultures. Executives must therefore analyze the culture of the two companies before considering a merger or acquisition.