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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Moulton Reger, Sara J.

Can two rights make a wrong? : insights from IBM’s tangible culture approach / Sara J. Moulton Reger ; with contributors from IBM Research, Business Consulting Services, and Institute for Business Value.

     p. cm.

ISBN 0-13-173294-3 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. International Business Machines Corporation. 2. Corporate culture. 3. Consolidation and merger of corporations. I. IBM Research. II. IBM Business Consulting Services. III. Institute for Business Value. IV. Title.

HD58.7.M688 2005

658.4’06—dc22
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