Assessing culture at Sun Microsystems: Using a unique exercise to generate vital cultural data during an acquisition

Sun Microsystems developed a merger and acquisition data‐capturing exercise, which was put into practice when the company acquired StorageTek. Charles “Terry” Terranova, a senior organizational consultant at Sun, explains how he gathered crucial information on each company’s culture to assist managers with the successful merger of the two companies.

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Year of publication:	2006
Authors:	Terranova, Charles
Published in:	Strategic HR Review. - Emerald Group Publishing Limited, ISSN 1758-8537, ZDB-ID 2094427-5. - Vol. 5.2006, 6, p. 24-27
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Subject:	HR \| Corporate culture \| Sun Microsystems \| M&A

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Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	review-article
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.1108/14754390680000923 [DOI]
Source:	Other ZBW resources

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