For most mergers, there will almost certainly be no difference between a Gore administration and a Bush administration.
The brute fact is that most mergers don't work.
That's because most mergers don't work.
Most mergers require lawyers to scrutinize the fine print.
Many studies have demonstrated the unimpressive economic outcome of most mergers.
Mr. Hewlett rightly pointed out that selling personal computers, Compaq's bread and butter, is an increasingly low-margin commodity business, and that most past mergers between tech companies have not been successful.
Efficiency defence and merger remedies are key components in most merger control regimes.
The financial crisis and recession have put a brake on most deals, other than mergers between crumbling banks, as credit has dried up and confidence has shrivelled.The giant American drug company will finance the deal with a mixture of its shares, which have held up reasonably well as markets have dived, cash from reserves and bank loans.
One of the most successful mergers in pharmaceuticals, between Sandoz and Ciba Geigy to form Novartis, was between two firms whose closeness of approach was the greater for being based in the same Swiss town (and doubtless run by chaps who had done national service together).Even more crucial, concentrate on the marriage, not the wedding.
Around the world, the last two decades have been characterised by an increase in the numbers of mergers between healthcare providers, including some of the most prestigious university hospitals and academic health centres (AHCs) [ 1- 4].
