Mergers and Acquisitions in Banking and Finance: What Works, What Fails, and Why

Ingo Walter0-19-515900-4, 9780195159004

Explaining the current understanding of how the industry is being reconfigured by mergers and acquisitions, Walter (applied financial economics, New York U.) considers such matters as the underlying drivers of the mergers and acquisitions process itself, factual evidence as to whether the basic economic concepts and strategic precepts used to justify mergers and acquisitions are correct, and the efficacy of merger implementation.