A growing body of observational evidence suggests that the luminosity, pho-tometric shape and amount of rotational or anisotropical support in elliptical galaxies may provide vital clues to how they formed. Elliptical galaxies appear to fall into two distinct categories based on these parameters: bright, boxy shaped, with little or no rotation, and less luminous, disky shaped with significant r...

Ever since the Deregulation Act in 1978 in the U.S. airline industry, there have been series of major airline mergers and acquisitions, notably three major waves in the 1980’s, 1990’s, and late 2000’s. These mergers, especially the more recent multi-billion mergers (e.g. DeltaNorthwest, United-Continental) have shown a trend of substantial market consolidation that inevitably worries consumers ...

Objectives The purpose of this study was to investigate the experiences of employees regarding the merger of clinics within the Public Dental Service (PDS), Västra Götaland Region, Sweden. Methods Employees (dentists, dental hygienists, dental nurses) affected by both administrative and geographical mergers of dental clinics answered a web-based survey about experiences and effects of the mer...

Purpose: The main aim is to describe and analyze the chances in work content, work development and managers’ support in the integration processes at different levels. Theory: Theoretical background consists of the integration models and the change management theories. Methods: Three different case studies using before–after follow-up designs in Finland. These case studies include three merger c...

There are many examples of merging galaxy found in observational astronomy, yet the timescales on which merging happens do not allow for one to study the evolution of galaxy merging of any one merger. Furthermore, there are no standard techniques for the identification of the stage of a galaxy mergers progress in the merging process. In this paper, simulations of merging galaxies are analyzed f...

The rate of merging of dark-matter halos is an absolutely essential ingredient for studies of both structure and galaxy formation. Remarkably, however, our quantitative understanding of the halo merger rate is still quite limited, and current analytic descriptions based upon the extended Press-Schechter formalism are fundamentally flawed. We show that a mathematically self-consistent merger rat...

We present results from the XMM-Newton observation of the binary cluster A1750 at z = 0.086. We have performed a detailed study of the surface brightness, temperature and entropy distribution and confirm that the two main clusters of the system (A1750 N and A1750 C) have just started to interact. From the temperature distribution, we calculate that they are likely to merge sometime in the next ...

Company mergers and acquisitions reached their peak in the twenty-first century. Mergers and acquisitions have become one of the competitive strategies for external growth. In general, it is believed that mergers and acquisitions can create synergies. However, they require complete information technology system and service integration, especially in the banking industry. Much of the research ha...

Strong brands bring numerous benefits for both the companies and their customers such as decreasing purchasing risk and searching cost and increasing the likelihood of repurchasing. It is not presented an applied model for determining the price of this asset in Iran, especially in terms of merger and acquisition. The purpose of this study is to develop a model for pricing brand value in Iran’s ...

Iranian banking network policymakers are focused on bank consolidation as one of the reform policies in recent years. But before merging banks, it is necessary to examine their effects. Loans are one crucial item in the bankschr('39') balance sheets that are affected by bank consolidation. In the Iranian banking network, loans are offered to various economic sectors. What is important for banki...