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Knowledge@Wharton	M&A Activity: Back with a Whimper To some market watchers, a flurry of transactions signals a comeback for the merger and acquisition market, which has been in a slump for the past few years. But Wharton faculty and other experts say the M&A frenzy of the 1990s is unlikely to be repeated this time.
BusinessWeek January 10, 2005	Here Comes The Year Of The Deal Fallout from a new M&A boom could turn out to be a major unanticipated policy issue in 2005. Rapid consolidation could increase pricing power in many industries. It's the right time for the U.S. government's trustbusters to stay alert.
Finance & Development March 1, 2001 Ashoka Mody & Shoko Negishi	Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions in East Asia: Trends and Implications Mergers and acquisitions across national borders have increased in East Asia since the onset of the financial crisis. What has caused this new wave of mergers and acquisitions and what advantages might they offer to the region's financially distressed economies?
BusinessWeek December 25, 2006 Joseph Weber	M&A: An Irresistible Urge To Merge The dealmakers will be working double time in '07, and in virtually every sector.
Inc. October 1, 2002 Kenneth Klee	Mergers and Accusations Yes, most mergers are misguided. But savvy investors shouldn't overlook those few companies that get them right.
CFO Roy Harris	A Lesson Before Buying University executive-education programs tackle one of the business world's toughest jobs: teaching M&A...
InternetNews February 17, 2010	Tech Sector's M&A Climate Improving: Study Search, security and cloud computing are three of the most attractive markets for mergers and acquisitions in 2010 according to the latest study by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
BusinessWeek April 25, 2005 Andy Reinhardt	Europe's Dealmakers Are Dialing Again The post-bubble telecom doldrums are in the past, and Europewide consolidation is all the rage.
Food Processing August 2010	Food Business Mergers & Acquisitions Fall 30.4% In 2009 The 2009 total of merger and acquisition activity in the food & beverage industry included 263 deals (not all of them yet closed) and is the second annual decline; the 2008 figure broke a trend of three consecutive years of M&A growth.
Insurance & Technology February 19, 2004 Katherine Burger	Growing Pains Now that there are some faint but recognizable signs of economic recovery, it's appropriate for organizations to renew their focuses on growth.
Knowledge@Wharton	The Deal Drought: IPOs and M&As are Down But Not Out The rate of financial deals has plummeted since the collapse of the economic boom. IPOs, mergers and venture funding have all seemingly evaporated, and with them thousands of financial industry jobs. But experts hint that you can still find deals going on, if you look in the right places.
IndustryWeek January 1, 2009 Jonathan Katz	Merger Meltdown: By the Numbers In 2008 only 8 manufacturing mergers with a value of $50 million or more were completed in Q 3.
Knowledge@Wharton	Bank of America and FleetBoston: Dud Deal? It was the third largest bank merger in history, promising to create a mega-bank that would span the country. But though bank executives promise economies of scale and cross-selling opportunities, investors have not been impressed.
Knowledge@Wharton August 13, 2003	Hurt by Hard Times, Financial Services Firms Seek New Directions Given the volatile events that rocked the financial world over the past decade, one wonders what the next 10 years hold for the financial services industry.
Knowledge@Wharton	"Venture Capital Has Gone From One Unreality to Another" If one industry has been severely mauled following the twin dot-com and telecom debacles, that industry is venture capital -- or private equity, as it is sometimes called. So what lies ahead for venture capital?
BusinessWeek February 2, 2004 Rich Miller	Commentary: Business Burns Rubber Finally, execs are ramping up capital spending and M&A deals. Will jobs be next?
HBS Working Knowledge April 26, 2004 Jim Heskett	Summing Up: M&A Value Destruction: Who's to Blame? Reader responses to an article on the "flawed process" of mergers and acquisitions.
BusinessWeek January 10, 2005 Coy & Thornton	Shake, Rattle, And Merge Companies with cash. Investors who welcome bold offers. A weak dollar. It looks like a year of big M & A deals.
CFO May 1, 2004 Joseph McCafferty	Where Are All the Europeans? Conditions seem ripe for a transatlantic M&A invasion. There are good reasons it isn't happening.
The Motley Fool February 20, 2004 Selena Maranjian	On CEOs and Overconfidence Contrary to popular belief, mergers don't always reward shareholders.
HBS Working Knowledge April 12, 2004	Readers Respond: Should We Brace Ourselves for Another Era of M&A Value Destruction? Managing soft stuff of communication... Someone must loose... etc.
The Motley Fool June 2, 2005 Chris Cather	The Buyback Cash Cow Companies are flush with cash on their balance sheets, and stock buybacks are increasing.
The Motley Fool February 26, 2004 Dave Marino-Nachison	Engineered Support's System Solid profit margins and successful acquisitions are helping the military contractor grow.
The Motley Fool May 7, 2011 Cliff D'Arcy	4 Big Takeovers That Went Very Wrong Mergers often enhance shareholder value, but these proved to be real stinkers.
CFO September 1, 2009 Alix Stuart	Undue Diligence New accounting rules for mergers take a bite out of deal activity.
Registered Rep. June 9, 2015 Diana Britton	This M&A Boom Looks Different Than 2007 At a total of $3.6 trillion in transactions, 2014 was the most active year for mergers and acquisitions since just before the global financial crisis.
InternetNews April 1, 2005 Clint Boulton	The 411 from 451: M&As Tally $75B in Q1 2005 Private investment firms scorched the high-tech sector with torrid spending, led by the $11.3B bid for SunGuard.
Knowledge@Wharton	Behind the Telecom Meltdown: Too Much Money, Too Little Foresight While investors in the late 1990s remained oblivious to signs of trouble, it is apparent now in hindsight that the telecommunications frenzy could not possibly have lasted, according to a panel of telecom experts at the second annual Wharton Finance Conference October 12...
HBS Working Knowledge April 5, 2004 Jim Heskett	Should We Brace Ourselves for Another Era of M&A Value Destruction? Research tells us that the short-term value in an acquisition accrues primarily to shareholders of acquired companies. On the other hand, short-term value is more often destroyed than created for shareholders of acquiring organizations.
InternetNews January 6, 2011	Microsoft Loses Two Acquisition Execs Microsoft bids farewell to two leaders of its mergers and acquisitions division, including the executive who was enmeshed in the company's effort to purchase Yahoo in 2008.
The Motley Fool June 20, 2005 Richard Gibbons	Think Like a Dealmaker Acquisitions can be great for investors. Here's how to identify acquisition targets before deals are announced.
BusinessWeek December 4, 2006 Emily Thornton	What's Behind The Buyout Binge With stocks cheap and private equity firms flush, this boom may be a record-breaker.
Financial Advisor May 2007 Alan Lavine	Real Estate Matchmaking The REIT market is being propelled by consolidation.
U.S. Banker September 2004 Holly Sraeel	M&A Pace Picks Up, But To Whose Advantage? Banks have more than Eliot Spitzer to contend with as mergers pick up and bigger banks are created. There are shareholders, consumer activists and communities to worry about.
Insurance & Technology June 22, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell	Deloitte: Insurance M&A Likely to Increase in Late 2009 New report identifies five situations in which mergers are likely to increase, a strategic objectives checklist for insurance M&A and a four-phase approach to planning and executing M&A.
Salon.com November 21, 2002 Farhad Manjoo	The Homeland Security merger mess A Harvard analyst says government consolidation won't improve the fight against terrorism quickly, and maybe not at all. The reason: Most big corporate mergers fail.
Chemistry World May 29, 2014 Derek Lowe	Messy megamergers There is a good deal to be said about drug company mergers in general.
Knowledge@Wharton	Insurance Industry Conference Looks at Terrorism, Drug Coverage, Malpractice Insurance and M&As The role of government in supplementing the private insurance industry and the industry's response to terrorism were recurrent themes at the seventh annual conference of Wharton's Financial Institutions Center and the Brookings Institution held earlier this month.
Bank Director 3rd Quarter 2009	Considering M&A in 2009? For banks that are considering a possible sale or merger, 2009 could be a good time to put plans and balance sheets in order.
Registered Rep. November 26, 2010 Charles Paikert	RIA M&A Deals On Track To Top 2009 Total The number of mergers and acquisitions completed in the registered investment advisor business through the third quarter of this year is near full-year totals for 2009, according to data from Schwab Advisor Services.
CFO July 15, 2008 Avital Louria Hahn	Worlds Apart To foster successful cross-border mergers, try cultural due diligence.
U.S. Banker February 2003 John Engen	Blocking Consolidation in Canada Canadians' love-hate relationship with the "Big Five" banks -- the largest and best employers and sponsors of community activities like pee-wee hockey teams -- is at the core of their collective merger angst. With two mergers nixed, it's beginning to rub local bankers the wrong way.
Chemistry World December 21, 2015 Phillip Broadwith	Is bigger really better? Something that's often glossed over in the aftermath of a pharmaceutical mega-merger is whether savings actually materialize, and at what cost to the future success of the businesses.
CRM February 2, 2004 Martin Schneider	Merging for Midmarket Dominance Acquisitions increase in popularity as CRM vendors look to capture share in the midmarket.
Finance & Development March 1, 2007 Ceyla Pazarba et al.	The Changing Face of Investors Analyzing the changes in the international investor base and their investment allocation behavior is fundamental to understanding the buildup of strengths and weaknesses in international financial markets.
Managed Care November 2003 Jaan Sidorov	Case Study of a Failed Merger of Hospital Systems What went wrong between Penn State and Geisinger, and what lessons should be learned?
BusinessWeek February 9, 2004	Figuring Out If Banks Fit Together A talk with fund manager David Ellison about how he assesses the prospects of bank mergers working out
National Defense January 2009 Grace V. Jean	Analysts Predict New Wave of Industry Consolidation Expectations of declining budgets for Pentagon big-ticket weapons and an overall uncertainty about future military spending priorities may set off new rounds of industry mergers and acquisitions, economists say.
The Motley Fool December 18, 2009 Brian Orelli	2009: The Year Pharma Learned to Love Itself While anything is possible, don't expect too much more consolidation of major drugmakers in 2010 and beyond.
U.S. Banker February 2002 Robert A. Bennett	Bank Trust Assets Defy Markets Despite the decline of stock markets in 2000, bank trust assets rose to a massive $19.2 trillion...