American industry need look no further than the example of AOL Time Warner to assure themselves that it had all just been a grand delusion. A multitude of books have been written about the monumental culture clash that ensued when the AOL cowboys invaded the halls and boardrooms of Time Warner. Certainly, dysfunctional infighting and managerial malfeasance were in large part responsible for what conventional wisdom has collectively agreed was the worst merger of all time. There were charges of accounting fraud and dirty dealing directed at the AOL side, but the ultimate failure of the
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