TY - JOUR AB - It is common to identify cultural differences between the acquired and acquiring firms as the cause of the failure of individual mergers. For example, H. Ross Perot, the head of Electronic Data Systems, found it impossible to function after General Motors acquired his firm. Many blamed the clash in cultures between an oldā€line, bureaucratic manufacturing firm and an innovative, flexible computerage firm. VL - 12 IS - 1 SN - 0275-6668 DO - 10.1108/eb060098 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb060098 AU - Davidson Kenneth M. PY - 1991 Y1 - 1991/01/01 TI - Innovation and Corporate Mergers T2 - Journal of Business Strategy PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 42 EP - 44 Y2 - 2024/04/24 ER -