Application Of Quantitative Techniques For The Prediction Of Bank Acquisition Targets - Pasiouras, Fotios (Technical Univ Of Crete, Greece) a Zopounidis, Constantin (Technical Univ Of Crete, Greece) a Tanna, Sailesh Kumar (Coventry Univ, Uk)

Discusses the use of quantitative classification methods for the prediction of bank acquisitions. With an overview of the mergers and acquisitions (M&As) trends in the EU banking industry and a survey of the motives for M&As, this book compares various statistical and computational methodologies used to analyze and predict bank acquisitions.