The book concentrates on one single industry and its special regularities, value drivers and merger motives. Apart from the fact, that there is still little comprehensive literature available on industry specific M&A studies, this book is a documentation of a project course that brought together research and teaching more closely. The book is a compilation of articles which emerged from the "Project Course M&A - the European Banking Industry" in the summer term 2007, a course offered to 8th semester students at the European Business School (EBS).
The articles in this book cover a wide range of M&A-related topics. They are divided into three main areas: It starts with a presentation of interesting and outstanding M&A deals in the European Banking Industry as case studies. Secondly, we proceed with an analysis of the performance and valuation of the European Banking Industry. And finally, the third section of the book focuses on the announcement and methodological multiplicity, this monograph provides insights into the banking industry which can hardly be found in one single source and in this compactness.