National borders continue to be strong barriers for mergers and acquisitions in Europe. Using regional data, we construct a gravity model and find that the restraining impact of national borders decreased by more than 17 percent between 1991 and 2007. However, no significant change has occurred...

This paper analyzes capital market reactions to international bank M&A. We investigate the combined stock return patterns of targets, bidders, and their peers upon takeover announcement, and closing or withdrawal. We distinguish five common M&A hypotheses and relate characteristic and mutually...

Outsourcing is high on the agenda of firms seeking to cut costs. Based on an enhanced value-chain concept we develop a model that determines the conditions under which outsourcing and offshoring are not expedient. The model allows for an integrated analysis of horizontal and vertical links to...

Main description: Für Frankfurt - ebenso wie für andere Finanzplätze in der Europäischen Union - stellt sich die Frage nach deren weiterem Schicksal. Der Autor analysiert die Entwicklung des Finanzplatzes Frankfurt vom Zweiten Weltkrieg bis in die jüngste Zeit und zieht daraus...