Subject category:
Strategy and General Management
Published by:
Harvard Business Publishing
Version: 25 January 2001
Length: 18 pages
Data source: Field research
Abstract
Sealed Air Corporation's CEO and COO are considering what approach they should take to building a seamless corporate culture worldwide. Anticipating continuing growth and expansion, especially outside the United States, they are concerned with preserving and promoting the culture that has been one of the company's key assets. However, their experiences in integrating acquired companies, especially outside the United States, have heightened their awareness of differences among the regional cultures of the world and the challenges they face in maintaining a unified corporate culture.
Locations:
Industry:
Size:
4,200 employees, USD800 million revenues
Other setting(s):
1997
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Abstract
Sealed Air Corporation's CEO and COO are considering what approach they should take to building a seamless corporate culture worldwide. Anticipating continuing growth and expansion, especially outside the United States, they are concerned with preserving and promoting the culture that has been one of the company's key assets. However, their experiences in integrating acquired companies, especially outside the United States, have heightened their awareness of differences among the regional cultures of the world and the challenges they face in maintaining a unified corporate culture.
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Locations:
Industry:
Size:
4,200 employees, USD800 million revenues
Other setting(s):
1997