On a Friday in early December 2007, trade on the Amsterdam stock exchange in shares of the international staffing services company Vedior was briefly suspended: the price was moving up rapidly following rumours that Vedior was in discussions with a...
Neither a merger nor an acquisition could be described as an easy-going period in a corporate lifetime. Looking at the results of several studies of mergers and acquisitions, one could be forgiven for believing that several company executives and...
Mergers and acquisitions are an important means for companies to realise their strategies. The reasons are manifold: many deals are done to enter new markets or segments, add new products, get hold of technology or to cut costs. This article will...
Everybody enjoys a celebrity wedding. They legitimise our need to indulge in speculation, gossip and feverish media coverage. One recent example ticks all the boxes: “Deutsche Börse, NYSE Agree to Historic Merger” (Reuters, February 15; “Merger...
Your career has taken you from political communications and the public sphere to corporate communications and the private sphere. Judging from your experience, would you say that communications professionals can turn their hand to any sphere? I...