Mergers in UK Law
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Psychological Attributes of Mergers — Part 1
The reasons why mergers have a hazy, hostile or indifferent image in the minds of many otherwise rational people will not allow superficial, simple or easy explanations. As a business activity, in ...
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Employee Relations in Mergers and Acquisitions
The human aspects of mergers and acquisitions receive less emphasis than the more easily controlled financial aspects. A review of the existing literature and research suggests that mergers and acq...
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The employment law implications of charity mergers
Examines the employment law implications for charities considering merger. Considers the employment law problems that are involved in charity mergers and the different strategies that have been emp...
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HR’s role in mergers and acquisitions
Karen Lindquist, director at MCE, discusses the opportunities for HR to act as a strategic partner during mergers and acquisitions.
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How to manage compensation and benefits during mergers
Many mergers and acquisitions are not successful because of HR‐related issues. Despite being critical for success, the compensation and benefits (C&B) implications of the merger are often not consi...
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A new emerging trend? Cross border trade union mergers
Purpose: The purpose of this editorial is to examine moves towards cross border trade union mergers. Design/methodology/approach: This editorial outlines the reasons why trade unions see the need ...
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Industry Change and Union Mergers in British Retail Finance
This paper investigates the reasons for and implications of the recent merger between three of the largest unions in the retail finance sector, creating UNIFI. Recent union mergers have been explai...
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Trade Union Mergers in British and Australian Television Broadcasting
A complex set of forces facing trade union organizations has meant that union restructuring vis‐à‐vis merger activity has been a prominent feature of many Western labour movements in the 1980s and ...
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Small unions and mergers: evidence from two case studies
Purpose: Seeks to investigate decisions by small unions to engage in “transfers of engagement” whereby they are in effect “absorbed” by a larger union. Design/methodology/approach: Uses case study...
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THE COMPETITIVE-NEIGHBORS APPROACH TO ANALYZING DIFFERENTIATED PRODUCT MERGERS
We propose a method for analyzing mergers that uses product characteristics to identify products that compete with each other. Products that compete with one another are termed competitive-neighbor...
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