The way in which a company's staff reacts to a merger is sometimes called the 'merger syndrome'. Listen to this extract from a radio programme about people who have been involved in mergers.
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At 5 Aug 2009 13:19 Monica wrote:
I liked the related article too! Now I understand something more about mergers.
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At 29 Jul 2009 15:31 lorelorelei wrote:
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At 29 Jul 2009 13:53 Pedro Martins wrote:
I enjoyed the this audio, because it gave a higher understand for the importance to join the companies, and the bennefits of it.
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At 24 Jul 2009 13:32 Yaron Cohen wrote:
Great article. I found it helpful, and I enjoyed listening to it! Yaron, Israel
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