Comparative literature studies publishes comparative critical articles that range across the rich traditions of africa, asia, europe, and north and south america, and that examine the literary relations between east and west, north and south. The first objective is to position the merger and acquisition strategy in the vast literature on strategies that a. Literary and cultural analysis universiteit van amsterdam. It brings you the work of eminent critics, scholars, theorists, and literary historians, whose essays range across the rich traditions of africa, asia, europe, and the americas. The paper presents theses for discussion locating some common cultural denominators in view of the interest of the general practitioner of the discipline. A temporal perspective of merger and acquisition and. Literature translation studies cultural studies religious studies film media studies so psy dh h as pcl gen 5. The oldest journal in its field in the united states, comparative literature explores issues in literary history and theory. Another objective of the present study is to organize the literature and.
Philosophy, comparative literature, art history and. Mergers and acquisitions in the banking sector and. This research has employed a variety of theoretical perspectives to. The goethean concept of world literature and comparative literature there is currently little agreement about the systematic localization or methodology of. Boundaries of comparative literature have to be extended to encompass the entirety of human life and experiences in ones embrace. However, anthony appiah rightly urged in response to the criticisms of. Comparative literature is a study of intertextuality, for example, if we have to compare an english novel with that of an oriya novel, we have to use english or oriya as out medium. Most of the empirical literature on merger outcomes is based on stock price studies. Articles may also explore movements, themes, forms, the history of ideas, relations between authors, the foundations of. Merger is nothing but the combination of two firms where one survives and the other lose its corporate existence. Two essays on mergers and acquisitions by dongnyoung kim a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy in business administration with a concentration in finance department of finance college of business university of south florida comajor professor.
A comparative analysis of price effects of two airline mergers in. Although the impact of mergers on airfare has been extensively studied in previous literature, research into the merger cases in the chinese. After framing the research question the key concepts of merger and acquisition were defined. Much of the literature has direct or indirect implications for competition policy. Review of the literature on the impact of mergers on. Change management strategy and values six case studies. The aggregate implications of mergers and acquisitions joel m.
The effect of mergers and acquisitions on the performance of companies. Advantage material published generally is of good quality and the findings are integrated with other research to. Review of literature linking corporate performance to mergers and acquisitions. Articles may also explore movements, themes, forms, the history of ideas, relations between authors, the foundations of criticism and theory, and issues. Comparative literature studies publishes comparative articles in literature and culture, critical theory, and cultural and literary relations within and beyond the western tradition. According to evan zohr, translation activity takes.
Previously, services were considered as noninnovative activities, or innovations in services were reduced to the adoption and use of technologies. Review of related literature and studies authorstream. Today, american scholars carve out from texts special angles pointing not inwards but outwards, toward other, prevalently nonaesthetic disciplines political, ethnic, racial, genderandsex related, etc. The company which is acquiring will pay for all the assets and liabilities of the acquired. Comparative cultural studies is a contextual approach to the study of culture in a global and. The method was revived with the revival of greek studies at the renaissance and in the eighteenth century was commonly practised in all fields of enquiry, in history, in law, in science, in manners and morals. Department of business studies, uppsala university abstract. It extends from literature to art, music, film or any form of art. A temporal perspective of merger and acquisition and strategic alliance initiatives. Review of related literature and studies authorstream presentation. The definition of comparative literature given by bijay kumar dass is very simple vivid and understandable. This study focuses on issues such as what comparative literature is or not, how it is perceived today, what its benefits are, what kinds of mistakes are made in theory and practice in comparisons.
Karim is a professor of english and comparative literature and the founding director of the middle east studies program at san jose state university. Therefore they are fundamental to each firms competitive strategy. It is thus an interdisciplinary field consisting of a variety of disciplines, each with its. The field of mergers and acquisitions and sustainability has been expanding in the last years. This paper is an attempt to discuss major studies undertaken to identify the motives behind mergers and acquisitions. Certain conditions determine high translation activities. Merger and acquisition has no significant effect on asset growth. The aclaaffiliated publication presents a variety of critical approaches and offers a wideranging look at the intersections of national literatures, global literary trends, and. In section 1, the few studies which analyze the impact of mergers on innovation directly are summarized. Review of related literature conceptual framework definition of merger the term merger, refer to the combination of two or more organizations into one larger organization. However large sized billion dollar merger deals have seen spurt in the last two decades. Comparative literature performs a role similar to that of the study of international relations, but works with languages and artistic traditions, so as to understand cultures from the inside. In chapter 2 the literature on mergers and acquisitions will be presented, in chapter 3 the literature on innovation and organizational change.
Review of literature 22 qamar 2003 23 has done a comparative study on the profitability and resource use efficiency in scheduled commercial banks in india. Change management strategy and values six case studies from the australian public sector jenny stewart and paul kringas, centre for research in public sector management, university of canberra change is a ubiquitous theme in management literature, but empirical studies. Having read and analysed the various literature available on the topic of mergers and acquisitions it is clear there are many conclusions and views on the long term performance of both the target and acquirer post takeover. Practical study on measuring their impact in the romanian economy is based on two main objectives.
In chapter 4 i will present some general propositions that explain the main factors that are relevant to explain the outcome of a merger, and that try to link more explicitly the merger literature and. Comparative literature studies publishes comparative critical essays that range across the rich traditions of africa, asia, europe, and north and south america, and that examine the literary relations between east and west, north and south. The aggregate implications of mergers and acquisitions. By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our privacy policy. In some cases, the literature also reports that merger. Wikipedia comparative literature sometimes abbreviated comp. Comparative literature versus comparative cultural studies. Review and future direction weilei stone shi baruch collegecity university of new york jing sun john e.
Comparative literature is an academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across linguistic, national, geographic, and disciplinary boundaries. Clearly, european literature, not general, world, or comparative literature should be the title of courses if that is what is studied. Although the essays in this volume may be considered independent contributions, it should be noted that they have been motivated by an interest, common to all the contributors, in the problems and methods the student of comparative literature may encounter. Review of literature various studies have been conducted to understand the change in the corporate performance as a result of a merger deal. By deploying ratio analysis, kemal 2011 examined the post merger financial performance of. He finds that efficiency of new private banks and foreign banks is better though marginally than the old private sector banks and public sector banks. The simple way to define comparative literature is to say that it is a comparison. Review of literature linking corporate performance to. The main conclusion is that there are inconclusive results among studies on the literature, where, corporate performance is improved in some cases but not in others. In that century too, considerable work was done in comparative literature, for example by baretti, barbier, and desessarts. In comparative cultural studies, selected tenets of comparative literature are merged with selected tenets of the field of cultural studies including culture theories, radical. The literature often uses the term merger interchangeably with the postacquisition integration process. These studies rely on widely available information on stock prices and apply.
Valuation for mergers and acquisitions second edition barbara s. This doctoral thesis entitled merger and acquisition strategies. Few of the results have supported the fact that mergers have a positive effect attained as a result of competitive advantage and synergistic benefits achieved. Pdf comparative literature and the question of theory. Comparative literature is wholly owned and directed by the university of oregon. Certain of their nameserich auerbach, leo spitzer, ernst robert curtius, ernst kantorowiczappear in the inaugural issue of comparative literature, whose founding at the university of oregon in 1949 set the stage for the establishment, shortly thereafter, of the first doctoral program in comparative literature on the west coast.
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