led to the virtual disap¬pearance of savings banks through mergers and subsequent change in ownership structure becoming … differences in profitability for reasons of size and form of ownership of the entity (savings banks, banks). The results show that …

The present paper examines productivity and profitability in pre and post e-banking period and highlights the emerging …

This paper presents some ideas about determinants of merger waves and some evidence on their effect on profitability … responsible for the latest wave. The impact of merger activities on profitability and employment growth are studied by using the … found. The most important determinant of the success of mergers is the size of the target unit. …

243 mergers, we analyze motives for and cost effects of small-scale mergers in German banking. Estimating a frontier cost … if the merged unit closes part of the former branch network. When we compare actual mergers to a simulation of … hypothetical mergers, size effects of observed mergers turn out to be slightly more favorable than for all possible mergers. Banks …