Business Intelligence
Harry Potter and the ABN AMRO takeover battle
I expect that not many of the readers of this weblog were up at 5:30am on 30 July watching World Business Report on the BBC (or it’s rebroadcasts in the UK later that morning and globally on BBC World). So you did miss my discussion on the ABN AMRO takeover battle. Later that morning, ABN AMRO’s board [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Value for money: M&A fee income related to business intelligence
It was difficult to miss the headlines last week about fee income for M&A deals. The Financial Times reported that the advisory fees paid to investment bankers was $10.7 billion for the first six months of the year. This is 20% higher than last year’s first six months. Not surprising, either, given the deal volumes [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )More on the need for Scenario Planning
I’ve received a lot of e-mail traffic on the topic of scenario planning and the M&A process — and some postings on this blog — with much of the discussion focussed on the agreement that use of this technique (originally from the military) would yield better results for M&A practitioners. Please see the earlier posting on [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )M&A Frenzy and the need for Scenario Planning
This past week has seen many articles about the continue growth of the M&A market (see, for example, the Financial Times for a discussion of European M&A, or other articles on the Asian market). It is difficult to walk down the street in the City of London or Canary Wharf and not overhear people talking about M&A [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )The need for business intelligence and what we mean by it…
As we have written in our forthcoming book, there is an urgent need to improve the M&A process through the use of business intelligence techniques. Just to be clear at the outset as to what we mean by the term ‘business intelligence’, we show here part of the introduction to that book: In the realm [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )Intelligent M&A Book
This is a website to share ideas about how business and military intelligence techniques can be used in merger and acquisition deals. If you wish to purchase the book, you can follow the link here. The impetus for this blog is the recent publication of a book, co-authored by Scott Moeller and Dr Chris Brady, on the use of [...]
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ABN AMRO directors demonstrate well how to survive a merger
Posted on Friday, 10 August 2007. Filed under: Business Intelligence, Commentary, Mergers, Personal Planning for Mergers |
Christmas may be over four months away, but if ABN AMRO is acquired by Barclays or the RBS consortium, it looks as if the current members of the ABN AMRO board will be able to place better Christmas presents under the tree this year. As reported in The Times on 2 August 2007 (see the full article online [...]
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