Today, international mergers and acquisitions have eclipsed organic growth as a choice of business expansion. How suitable it is for International Banks to adopt this choice?
Introduction
As deregulation opens up global markets, aided and abetted by ever-swifter developments in communications technology, international mergers and cross-border alliances have never been more popular. Companies are coming together, one way or another, to realize emerging commercial opportunities EMERALD Cost-efficiencies, profitability, and strategic behavior: evidence from Japanese commercial banks Author(s): Nayantara D. Hensel
International Journal of Managerial Finance; Volume: 2 Issue: 1; 2006
This ongoing and seemingly accelerating dance of corporate acquiring and merging appearing on the front covers of business journals almost every week is fairly hard to miss. EMERALD The effective management of mergers Author(s): Han Nguyen, Brian H. Kleiner Leadership & Organization Development Journal; Volume: 24 Issue: 8; 2003 Research paper
As per a research by Booz-Allen and Hamilton it is indicated that more than 20,000 cross-border alliances were formed between 1996 and 2003. At the same time acquisitions are growing in size. EMERALD Cost-efficiencies, profitability, and strategic behavior: evidence from Japanese commercial banks Author(s): Nayantara D. Hensel International Journal of Managerial Finance; Volume: 2 Issue: 1; 2006
Further according to Mergerstat.com for year-to-date of 2002, there have been 4,363 mergers and acquisitions worth over $291.7 billion. The industry breakdown of the top five was as follows
1. Internet ? 659 deals worth $ 26.06 billion;
2. Healthcare ...