Merger Simulation Analysis: An Academic Perspective

Merger Simulation in an Administrative Context

The determinants of merger waves: An international perspective

One of the most conspicuous features of mergers is that they come in waves that are correlated with increases in share prices and price/earnings ratios. We use a natural way to discriminate between pure stock market influences on firm decisions and other influences by examining merger patterns for both listed and unlisted firms. If "real" changes in the economy drive merger waves, as some neocl...

Should Merger Policy Be Changed? An Antitrust Perspective

Over the past 15 years, a revolution has occurred in U.S. merger policy. ~ Antitrust attacks on non-horizontal mergers have all but disappeared. Regulation of horizontal mergers now starts from the presumption that "the vast majority of horizontal mergers pose no market power problems and should simply be approved rapidly" (Schmalensee 1987, p. 44). In February 1986, the Reagan adminisration ur...

Post-Merger IT Integration: an IT Culture Conflict Perspective

This paper analyzes the culture conflicts between two merged IT departments from two banks and how they resolve them. The integration of divergent cultures is crucial to maintain the performance of merged organizations. This paper examines post-merger IT integration of a Taiwan’s financial holding company which merged a government owned bank with its banking business, and argues that the unders...

Drug Repurposing from an Academic Perspective.

Academia and small business research units are poised to play an increasing role in drug discovery, with drug repurposing as one of the major areas of activity. Here we summarize project status for a number of drugs or classes of drugs: raltegravir, cyclobenzaprine, benzbromarone, mometasone furoate, astemizole, R-naproxen, ketorolac, tolfenamic acid, phenothiazines, methylergonovine maleate an...