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Case Study: How to Integrate an Acquired Brand

Harvard Business Review

Henry Beyer walked up to a Mini Cooper in the city parking lot across the street from his office in downtown Houston. I have no interest in creating an unwieldy bureaucracy. I worry that if we gobble the company up and treat it like a business unit, we won''t innovate on our existing model.". He laughed; Henry grimaced.