Consortium Strategy: Stretching the Limits of Hostile Takeovers

11 Pages Posted: 8 Apr 2008

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Giampiero Favato

Institute of Leadership and Management in Health - Kingston University

Abstract

The RBS consortium's approach could become a trend and open up potential corporate holdings that were previously thought out of reach.

This paper looks at the advantages and drawbacks of group bidding, such as the problem of diversification for conglomerates and the market's tendency to value them at a discount to more focused companies.

Keywords: consortium, hostile, takeover, strategy, corporate, finance

JEL Classification: G21, G34

Suggested Citation

Favato, Giampiero, Consortium Strategy: Stretching the Limits of Hostile Takeovers. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1116693 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1116693

Giampiero Favato (Contact Author)

Institute of Leadership and Management in Health - Kingston University ( email )

Kingston Hill
Kingston upon Thames
Surrey KT2 7LB
United Kingdom

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