TY - BOOK AU - Walter,Ingo TI - Mergers and acquisitions in banking and finance: what works, what fails, and why SN - 9780195159004 (hbk.) : AV - HG1722 .W35 2004 PY - 2004/// CY - Oxford, UK, New York, N.Y. PB - Oxford University Press KW - Bank mergers KW - Financial institutions KW - Mergers N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-287) and index; 1. Global Financial Services Reconfiguration -- 2. The Global Financial Services M&A Deal Flow -- 3. Why Financial Services Mergers? -- 4. Managing Financial Services Mergers and Acquisitions -- 5. The Special Problem of IT Integration -- 6. What Is the Evidence? -- 7. Mergers, Acquisitions, and the Financial Architecture -- 8. The Key Lessons -- App. 1. Financial Service Sector Acquisitions ER -