03682nam 2200649Ia 450 991045126720332120200520144314.01-281-22370-097866112237000-226-42433-210.7208/9780226424330(CKB)1000000000410069(EBL)408372(OCoLC)290523253(SSID)ssj0000201459(PQKBManifestationID)11172733(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000201459(PQKBWorkID)10232527(PQKB)11141349(MiAaPQ)EBC408372(DE-B1597)535827(OCoLC)781254491(DE-B1597)9780226424330(Au-PeEL)EBL408372(CaPaEBR)ebr10216962(CaONFJC)MIL122370(EXLCZ)99100000000041006919990812d2000 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMergers and productivity[electronic resource] /edited by Steven N. KaplanChicago University of Chicago Press20001 online resource (350 p.)A National Bureau of Economic Research conference reportDescription based upon print version of record.0-226-42431-6 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Front matter --National Bureau of Economic Research --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. Consolidation in the Medical Care Marketplace A Case Study from Massachusetts --2. The Eclipse of the U.S. Tire Industry --3. Is the Bank Merger Wave of the 1990's Efficient? Lessons from Nine Case Studies --4. A Clinical Exploration of Value Creation and Destruction in Acquisitions Organizational Design, Incentives, and Internal Capital Markets --5. Workforce Integration and the Dissipation of Value in Mergers: The Case of USAir's Acquisition of Piedmont Aviation --6. Paths to Creating Value in Pharmaceutical Mergers --Contributors --Name Index --Subject IndexMergers and Productivity offers probing analyses of high-profile mergers in a variety of industries. Focusing on specific acquisitions, it illustrates the remarkable range of contingencies involved in any merger attempt. The authors clearly establish each merger's presumed objectives and the potential costs and benefits of the acquisition, and place it within the context of the broader industry. Striking conclusions that emerge from these case studies are that merger and acquisition activities were associated with technological or regulatory shocks, and that a merger's success or failure was dependent upon the acquirer's thorough understanding of the target, its corporate culture, and its workforce and wage structures prior to acquisition. Sifting through a wealth of carefully gathered evidence, these papers capture the richness, the complexity, and the economic intangibles inherent in contemporary merger activity in a way that large-scale studies of mergers cannot.Conference report (National Bureau of Economic Research)Consolidation and merger of corporationsUnited StatesCorporate governanceUnited StatesElectronic books.Consolidation and merger of corporationsCorporate governance338.8/3/0973Kaplan Steven N991587MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451267203321Mergers and productivity2269384UNINA