A widely publicized series of mergers has characterized the banking industry in recent years. Shareholder returns from these mergers have often been disappointing. This study finds delays in implementing potential operating savings and realizing benefits of scale economies may be one reason bank mergers have disappointing returns. We analyze a 200 branch network formed in a merger of four banks...

Excerpt] In the last two decades of the twentieth century the lodging industry experienced an unprecedented level of consolidation. In particular, mergers and acquisitions among lodging companies took place at record levels in the late 1990s. From 1982 through 2000 the industry saw a total of 57 acquisitions with an aggregate market value in the target companies’ stocks of over $53 billion doll...

This research paper presents a comprehensive review of the performance India's merged public sector banks using pre and post comparative analysis financial ratios such as liquidity, profitability, return, solvency. The study's findings show that mergers have major influence on public-sector banks, there is notable improvement in post-merger. also discusses implications results for banking indus...

We analyze a comprehensive set of mergers and acquisitions from SDC data from 1992 through 2009. We do not impose common restrictions such as excluding private bidders, small targets, or deals without a deal value. We show a broader scope of mergers and acquisitions activity than that implied in the literature, which generally oversamples larger deals involving public firms. Further, some of ou...

Mergers and acquisitions have become a normal business occurrence for companies large and small. Integration of entities following mergers and acquisitions are often more painful and less successful than they could be. The integration of information technology functions plays a vital role in the ultimate results of such a merger by actualizing product and customer synergies, establishing best p...

In this paper we have discussed what mergers and acquisitions are and how they are a part of any organizations strategic planning policy. Organizations ‘merge’ generally with similar organizations or ‘acquire’ weaker organizations, and the essence as to why they do so is that the value of two is greater than one. They basically merge with or acquire each other’s strengths and try to overcome on...