Study Group: Chemical Industry Consultants (EU)(?)

The outlook for auto sales is getting worse This will have a major imapct on chemcial sales

Mergers and aquisitions in the global chemicals market continue to increase in size and scope. Will the BASF bid for CIBA take this to a new level of 'Mega' companies that dominate the market? Steve Burgess from UK based Rowant Consultancy rsies issues that many are thinking about in these turbulent...

The US government has finally decided to nationalise the two home loan giants.  Between them, Fannie and Freddie guarantee 47% of all US mortgages, worth around $5 trillion - equivalent to the combined GDP of the UK and France.  High leverage makes earnings and management look wonderful...

Is the proposed $19 Billion purchase of R&H by Dow is starting to raise questions in the minds of some regulators? Could this lead to the forced divestiture of certain business activities and assets? If this happens would it breach Dow's limit on divestiture level stated in the bid documents?

The example is typically synonymous for a post-merger change process and one of the most common pitfalls. However, cultural incompatibility is a catch phase and to generetic. The issue demonstrates that  more variables are effecting the problem starting with: communication, leadership, psychological...