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C/F/587. Nomura's Global Growth: Picking Up Pieces of Lehman. Harvard Business School Case study analysis

WORDS:
2100
DATE:
2009
PRICE:
29.99 GBP

This paper is analysing “Nomura's Global Growth: Picking Up Pieces of Lehman” case study written by Foley and Meyer. This paper relates to the case study Nomura’s Global Growth: Picking Up Pieces of Lehman. What issues which commonly arise in international financial management are addressed. Kenichi Watanabe and Takumi Shibata, CEO and COO respectively of Nomura Holdings Inc., one of the leading investment banks in Asia, have the opportunity to expand their firm internationally through the acquisition of various parts of Lehman Brothers, an insolvent global investment bank. In evaluating this opportunity, the paper analyses the complexities of such expansion, including the challenges posed by a multinational insolvency, the difficulties of post-merger integration in a cross-border acquisition, and general issues related to currency hedging and international taxation.

 

KEYWORDS: Nomura, Lehman, Harvard case study, Foley, Meyer, Kenichi Watanabe, Takumi Shibata,

 

C/B/852. Dissertation. Do Mergers and Acquisition Always Bring the Desired Effects?

WORDS:
10000
DATE:
2008
PRICE:
109.99 GBP

The main aim of this dissertation is to understand the dynamics of major variables that impact on the success of merger and acquisition across industries from a corporate strategic perspective. The aim has further been divided into specific objectives that include: to understand the dynamics of major variables that impact on the success of merger and acquisition across industries from a corporate strategic perspective, to highlight the corporate strategy in achieving desired results from M&A activities, and in the light of the analysis, develop strategic recommendations for companies that are considering M&A strategy to achieve desired effects. The dissertation includes the following chapters: introduction, literature review, methodology, analysis and findings, and conclusions and recommendations. This dissertation analyses the following mergers: Hewlett-Packard and Apollo, British Petroleum and Amoco, NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland, Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham, Halifax and Bank of Scotland, Banco Santander and Abbey and Boots and Alliance Unichem.

Proposal matching this dissertation is also available on our website under the name: C/B/854. Proposal: Do Mergers and Acquisition Always Bring the Desired Effects?
 

KEYWORDS: Mergers, Acquisitions, M&A, Strategic Management, Proposal, Dissertation,

 

C/B/853. Dissertation + Proposal. Do Mergers and Acquisition Always Bring the Desired Effects?

WORDS:
10000
DATE:
2008
PRICE:
119.99 GBP

The main aim of this dissertation is to understand the dynamics of major variables that impact on the success of merger and acquisition across industries from a corporate strategic perspective. The aim has further been divided into specific objectives that include: to understand the dynamics of major variables that impact on the success of merger and acquisition across industries from a corporate strategic perspective, to highlight the corporate strategy in achieving desired results from M&A activities, and in the light of the analysis develop strategic recommendations for companies that are considering M&A strategy to achieve desired effects The dissertation includes the following chapters: introduction, literature review, methodology, analysis and findings, and conclusions and recommendations. This dissertation analyses the following mergers: Hewlett-Packard and Apollo, British Petroleum and Amoco, NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland, Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham, Halifax and Bank of Scotland, Banco Santander and Abbey and Boots and Alliance Unichem. Proposal for this dissertation is provided in the appendix.

 

KEYWORDS: Dissertation, Merger, Acquisitions, M&A, Value Addition, Strategic Management,

 

C/B/854. Proposal: Do Mergers and Acquisition Always Bring the Desired Effects?

WORDS:
1500
DATE:
2008
PRICE:
19.99 GBP

The main aim of this proposed project is to understand the dynamics of major variables that impact on the success of merger and acquisition across industries from a corporate strategic perspective. The report includes sections such as introduction, aims and objectives, initial literature review, and methodology based on case studies and secondary data collection. Case studies analysed are: Hewlett-Packard and Apollo, British Petroleum and Amoco, NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland, Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham, Halifax and Bank of Scotland, Banco Santander and Abbey and Boots and Alliance Unichem.

Dissertation matching this proposal is also available on our website under the name: C/B/852. Dissertation. Do Mergers and Acquisition Always Bring the Desired Effects?
 

KEYWORDS: Dissertation, Merger, Acquisitions, M&A, Value Addition, Strategic Management,

 

C/F/387. Performance analysis of mergers and acquisitions in UK banking sector

WORDS:
1000
DATE:
2008
PRICE:
19.99 GBP

The paper explores the effect of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the UK banking industry. The relationship between bank profits and bank size is analysed in order to assess the outcome of banks growth. References are made to previous studies on the subject

 

KEYWORDS: UK, Banking, M&A, mergers and acquisitions, bank profits, bank size,

 

C/HR/211. Master's Dissertation. Human Side of Mergers and Acquisitions: Case study of Social Security Bank Limited (SSB) and National Savings and Credit Bank (NSCB) in Ghana

WORDS:
23000
DATE:
2007
PRICE:
239.99 GBP

This dissertation investigates the human side of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) focusing on the strategic and financial aspects of M&A activity. The research is based on a case study approach, examining the specific human elements of a bank merger in Ghana. The methods include primary data collection through interviews and questionnaires among the current and former bank employees and HR department staff members. Conclusions are made about the features of bank mergers and acquisitions in a developing country.

 

KEYWORDS: Masters dissertation, Merger, Acquisition, Ghana, Social Security Bank, SSB, Nationa,

 

C/F/140. Financial Analysis: Acquisition NatWest by Royal Bank of Scotland

WORDS:
2500
DATE:
2006
PRICE:
29.99 GBP

The report has been produced in order to analyze the financial situation in the pre-merger, due diligence and post merger time period of the acquisition of NatWest by Royal Bank of Scotland. This acquisition is one of the largest and most successful in the Banking Sector of the UK. The report involves a background of the acquisition, financial conditions that lead to the acquisitions, key financial ratios and the SWOT analysis of the acquisition from a financial perspective. The report uses calculations from primary and secondary sources to substantiate the analysis presented in the report.

 

KEYWORDS: NatWest, Royal Bank o Scotland, Takeover, Acquisition, Financial Analysis, Banking,

 

P/F/404. Dissertation. International merger in Chinese banking market: Shenzhen Development Bank and Newbridge Capital

WORDS:
8000
DATE:
2005
PRICE:
89.99 GBP

The dissertation examines merges and acquisitions (M&A) in Chinese banking industry conducting a case study of the Shenzhen Development Bank merged by Newbridge Capital, a US investment company. The review of literature covers the theories of M&A including their driving forces, the reasons behind M&A failure, issues of organizational culture, etc. The methods of research used in the case study include primary data (interviews) and secondary data collection and analysis. Conclusions are made about the correlation between practice and M&A theory.

 

KEYWORDS: f, dissertation, international, merger, chinese, banking, market, shenzhen, development, bank, newbridge, capital,

 

P/F/125. Master's Dissertation. UK Banks' Merger: Evidence from 1995-2001 Period

WORDS:
10000
DATE:
2004
PRICE:
109.99 GBP

The dissertation analyses 6 bank takeovers that took place during the 1995-2001 years in order to evaluate measure the UK shareholders' gains. The events that were analysed: Merger of Royal Bank of Scotland and National Westminster, Merger of Bank of Scotland and Halifax Building Society, Merger of Lloyds TSB, Merger of Barclays and Woolwich Building Society

 

KEYWORDS: f, master, dissertation, uk, banks, merger, evidence, -, period,

 

P/F/342. Merger of Bank One and JP Morgan

WORDS:
2500
DATE:
2004
PRICE:
29.99 GBP

The paper examines the effects of the merger of Bank One and JP Morgan looking at the changes in the banks share prices after the announcement of the merger, and analysing the reasons behind the merger, its impacts for the shareholders, potential economic gains and failures from the merger.

 

KEYWORDS: f, merger, bank, jp, morgan,

 

C/F/27. Merger Case: Deutsche Bank and Banker's Trust

WORDS:
2000
DATE:
2003
PRICE:
29.99 GBP

Mergers of financial firms have been occurring for hundreds of years. The benefits of such mergers have been argued in volumes of scholarly reports. The merger of the German mega-bank Deutsche Bank with Banker's Trust, a well-established American investment bank, is not an exception. It too has flashed a wealth of discussion.The following report firstly analyses all the economic and industry background, and secondly, examines potential complications and regulatory due to the merger.

 

KEYWORDS: f, merger, case, deutsche, bank, banker, trust,

 

P/F/73. Synergy from the Mergers and Acquisitions: cases of two real mergers (Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest, Barclays Bank and the Woolwich)

WORDS:
24000
DATE:
2003
PRICE:
249.99 GBP

The dissertation attempts to identify what is the synergy from the mergers and acquisitions. In order to do so the strong literature review was done on the issues of mergers and acquisitions, reasons and motives of it, different types of synergy, misunderstanding of M&As, the process of M&As, regulations of M&As, financial accounting for M&As, bid strategies and tactics, methods of payment in M&As. Moreover, dissertation is based on the empirical analysis of two real M&A cases (Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest, Barclays Bank and the Woolwich)

 

KEYWORDS: f, synergy, mergers, acquisitions, real, mergers, royal, bank, scotland, natwest, barclays, bank, woolwich,