GLOBAL PANEL - EXECUTIVE FORUM - TOPIC
"The Urge to Merge "

Big mergers and acquisitions over the past ten years have been the result of comprehensive restructuring of economies and the privatization of state monopolies, the far-reaching efforts of liberalization in former protected markets and globalization.

These reasons have not only influenced small and medium-sized businesses, but also global players who are looking for synergies in size and growth; leading increasingly to mergers and acquisitions among the world's largest multinational corporations.

Is an end to mergers foreseeable in the near future? What are the motives behind these mergers? Are the expected outcomes taking place? Global Panel - Executive Forum 2001 "The Urge to Merge" addressed a whole range of topics relating to mergers.