Lu, Qing - In: Business History 52 (2010) 6, pp. 955-977
This paper undertakes a case study of HSBC acquiring Marine Midland Banks, Inc. (MMBI) in the US between 1978 and 1980 …'s financial regulatory structure on HSBC's acquisition and how HSBC dealt with difficulties caused by the US government … influenced HSBC's contractual hazards and business transaction costs. We have established that the different attitudes of the …