UK and Germany announced a merger among the two organizations to build a new firm: KPMG Europe LLP. The new firm will be … may result in monopolistic behavior or trade restrictions. The merger with a competitor could increase market … merger between the two organizations. It applies the eminent model for auditing international cultures developed by Garrison …

We study effects on prices and quantities of a takeover in the rather concentrated German interurban bus industry. We … empirically asses the effect of the takeover of Postbus by Flixbus on industry key features, using a route-level price data set … prices significantly increase and quantities decrease in the post-takeover phase. However, these results are mainly driven by …

banks have a substantial and persistent negative impact on merging banks' revenues. We refer to merger related negative … customers and the temporary distraction of management from day-to-day operations by effecting the merger. For our analyses we … involved in 212 mergers between 1994 and 2006. We find that the negative impact of a merger on net operating revenues amounts …

engage in small business lending. The ongoing consolidation in the banking industry has sparked concerns about the continuous … businesses compared to prior to the merger or compared to the contemporaneous lending by non-merging banks. We investigate the … merger related effects on small business lending in Germany from a bank-level perspective. Furthermore, we estimate small …

-enhancing mergers and by preventing concentration in the industry. By spreading the cost of specializing in restructuring over multiple … markets, private equity firms have stronger incentives than incumbents to invest in acquiring specialized restructuring skills. …