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Our faculty and M&A experts are frequently sought after commentators in international media. Among the renown newspapers are Financial Times, Le Monde, New York Time and Wall Street Journal, news agencies like Bloomberg, Dow Jones, and Thomson Reuters or Television as Bloomberg and CNN. Below you find a collection of our faculty and Institute “in the news”.
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Implenia cements its position versus Laxey
by Tribune de Genève Implenia cements its position versus Laxey (Original: "Implenia bétonne ses assises face à Laxey")[...] Read more
The government launches a shock plan to cope with the automotive crises
by Expansion Fiat ha protagonizado la resurrección más espectacular en la industria del automóvil en Europa. Hace tres años, era una empresa abocada a la crisis permanente y, actualmente, es la compañía que lidera el crecimiento del mercado europeo de turismos. Entre enero y octubre, vendió un 7,3% más de coches, hasta 1,065 millones de…
Ethik-Kodex
by Die Welt Kurz nach seinem Amtsantritt als Metro-Chef im Januar 2012 setzte Olaf Koch ein Zeichen. Er verlegte sein Büro vom Hauptgebäude der Düsseldorfer Zentrale, der Brücke 1, zur Brücke 13, von wo das Tagesgeschäft der Großhandelsmärkte geführt wird. Damit rückte er „Cash & Carry“ wieder in den Fokus des Handelskonzerns – die Sparte,…
Pliva: A School for Hostile Takeovers
(Original: "Pliva: Škola neprijateljskog preuzimanja"); in: LiderPress Ako Pliva bude prodana po 743 kune za dionicu ili više, ta će akvizicija u farmaciji biti zapamćena s postignutom najvećom razlikom između prvotne i konačne ponude [...] Read more
After only four years appetite on large mergers is back
(Original: "Kapern auf der Margherita: Fusionen - Nach nur vier Jahren wächst in der Wirtschaft wieder der Appetit auf grosse Übernahmen"); in: Rheinischer Merkur Als Hellseher möchte Stephan Jansen nun wirklich nicht gelten. Doch was der 34-Jährige, der 1998 das Institute for Mergers & Acquisitions (IMA) an der Universität Witten/Herdecke gegründet hat und mittlerweile Präsident…
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