MOTIVES AND DETERMINANTS OF THE PROCESSES OF MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS OF BANKS IN THE USA, EU, AND TRANSITIONAL ECONOMIES OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

by | Jan 14, 2020 | DOI 2018

Irena Lekoska
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/eraz.2018.169

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4th International Conference – ERAZ 2018 – KNOWLEDGE BASED SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, Sofia- Bulgaria, June 7, 2018, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS published by: Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans, Belgrade, Serbia;  Faculty of Business Studies, Mediterranean University – Podgorica, Montenegro; University of National and World Economy – Sofia, Bulgaria; Faculty of Commercial and Business Studies – Celje, Slovenia; Faculty of Applied Management, Economics and Finance – Belgrade, Serbia, ISBN 978-86-80194-12-7

Abstract

In modern banking, the processes of mergers and acquisitions has become a strategic tool of ownership transformation of the banks with the purpose of developing and improving their performance.
The main goal of this paper is to analyze the motives and determinants of the processes of mergers and acquisitions of banks in the US, the EU and the transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe and recorded their differences.

Key words

Mergers and acquisitions, banks, transition economies, motives and determinants

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