CASE STUDY
The Alcatel-Lucent Merger—What Went Wrong?
It did not take long after the merger for things to start
going wrong for Alcatel-Lucent CEO Patricia Russo, who opted to
leave the vendor last month after admitting she could no longer
work with fellow board resignee chairman Serge Tchuruk.
It seems that this deal was not meant to happen. The original
merger negotiation between Alcatel of France, the communications
equipment maker based in Paris, and Lucent Technologies, the U.S
telecommunication giant,...