This paper analyzes the systemic risk effects of bank mergers to test the “concentration-fragility” hypothesis. We use the marginal expected shortfall as well as the lower tail dependence between a bank’s stock returns and a relevant bank sector index to capture the merger-related change...

Grenzüberschreitende Umstrukturierungen wurden bislang unter Nutzung traditionellerStrukturmodelle als Übernahmen oder Zusammenschluss zwischen Gleichen mitöffentlichen Erwerbsangeboten gegen bar oder Aktien vollzogen. Eine grenzüberschreitendeVerschmelzung im rechtstechnischen Sinne war...

This exploratory paper investigates why some companies appear to find successful business relationshipsrelatively effortless. It seems that the organisation’s search for and utilisation of key resources canguarantee its success in the market place. The paper incorporates a critique of...

Several top deals already closed, a still highly fragmented industry and strong pressure for furtherconsolidation following the financial crisis – renewable energy certainly has become a red-hot topic inM&A. Surveying 220 companies in the solar photovoltaic, utility and financial sector as...