From light touch to top management control: HSBC’s integration of its first two acquired subsidiaries 1960-1980 (2021) Journal Article Lu, Q., Toms, S., & Wei, Y. (2023). From light touch to top management control: HSBC’s integration of its first two acquired subsidiaries 1960-1980. Business history, 65(4), 656-678. https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2021.1883000 This research contributes to British multinational banking history, post-acquisition integration and legitimacy research, by exploring HSBC’s top management control integration with its first two acquired British banks, during the period 1960–1980, f... Read More about From light touch to top management control: HSBC’s integration of its first two acquired subsidiaries 1960-1980.
Bounded Reliability and the termination of international joint ventures–insights from the Mid-Med Bank, 1975–1979 (2019) Journal Article Lu, Q. (2021). Bounded Reliability and the termination of international joint ventures–insights from the Mid-Med Bank, 1975–1979. Business history, 63(2), 205-224. https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2018.1552679 In the late twentieth century, the international joint venture (IJV) became an increasingly important yet unstable organisational form of international business. Based on insights provided by the Mid-Med Bank of Malta during the period 1975-1979, thi... Read More about Bounded Reliability and the termination of international joint ventures–insights from the Mid-Med Bank, 1975–1979.
Export processing zones (EPZs) in Tanzania : impact and influencing factors (2017) Thesis Kiria, J. S. (2017). Export processing zones (EPZs) in Tanzania : impact and influencing factors. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220466 This thesis is an attempt to understand the impact of, and factors influencing the outcomes of EPZs in a latecomer context, using Tanzania as a case study. Also, it aims to understand why governments in developing context preserve tax incentives. The... Read More about Export processing zones (EPZs) in Tanzania : impact and influencing factors.
Is the speed of post-acquisition integration manageable? Case study: post-acquisition integration of HSBC with the Mercantile Bank, 1959–84 (2014) Journal Article Lu, Q. (2014). Is the speed of post-acquisition integration manageable? Case study: post-acquisition integration of HSBC with the Mercantile Bank, 1959–84. Business history, 56(8), 1262-1280. https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2013.876533 This study aims to fill in the gaps in existing business history research regarding post-acquisition integration by adopting a case study of the post-acquisition integration process between HSBC and Mercantile Bank (MB) 1959–84. It explores the impac... Read More about Is the speed of post-acquisition integration manageable? Case study: post-acquisition integration of HSBC with the Mercantile Bank, 1959–84.
EU public procurement, the social dimension and its building capacity (2013) Thesis Calleja, A. (2013). EU public procurement, the social dimension and its building capacity. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215869 This thesis attempts to prove how the flexible application of public procurement has the potential to realise a social model of integration in the European Union wherein the European citizen is the key actor in the integration process. The integra... Read More about EU public procurement, the social dimension and its building capacity.
