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Creep refers to the slow, permanent deformation of materials under external loads, or stresses. It explains the creep strength or resistance to this extension. This book is for experts in the field of strength of metals, alloys and ceramics. It explains creep behavior at the atomic or "dislocation defect? level. This book has many illustrations and many references. The figure formats are uniform and consistently labeled for increased readability. This book is the second edition that updates and improves the earlier edition. Numerous line drawings with consistent format and units all

Metals --- Alloys --- Creep. --- Plastic properties. --- Metallic alloys --- Metallic composites --- Phase rule and equilibrium --- Amalgamation --- Microalloying --- Creep of metals --- Dislocations in metals --- Plastic properties --- Material Science and Metallurgy --- General and Others

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The aim of this book is to provide guidelines to generate tensile strain rate test data for ferrous and non-ferrous sheet metals for use in finite element based automotive crash simulation tools. Specifically, measurement of the strength hardening in a sheet material resulting from strain rate testing using a high speed servo hydraulic test machine. Additionally, to provide guidelines to process raw test data, fit material model and format this data for application in crash simulation tools. It is not within the scope of these recommendations to advocate a material model to fit to strain rate

Automobiles --- Metals --- Alloys --- Crash tests of automobiles --- Autos (Automobiles) --- Cars (Automobiles) --- Gasoline automobiles --- Motorcars (Automobiles) --- Motor vehicles --- Transportation, Automotive --- Metallic alloys --- Metallic composites --- Phase rule and equilibrium --- Amalgamation --- Microalloying --- Metallic elements --- Chemical elements --- Ores --- Metallurgy --- Automobile engineering --- Automotive engineering --- Crashworthiness --- Computer simulation. --- Crash tests. --- Design and construction. --- Stress corrosion --- Testing. --- Fatigue --- Collision damage --- Testing --- Construction

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Despite their increasing importance as strategic options for corporate growth mergers, acquisitions, and alliances often fail. Kathrin Bösecke analyses the factors that determine the success, i.e., value creation for shareholders, of business combinations. Her analysis of 126 acquisitions and 66 alliances in the European utility industry provides new and interesting results. For example, the origin of the participating firms as well as the target country of the business combination can be considered as essential determinants of value creation. Furthermore, acquisitions and alliances are better suited to some markets and regions than others.

Acquisitions. --- Public utilities -- Mergers. --- Public utilities -- United States -- Cost effectiveness. --- Management --- Business & Economics --- Management Theory --- Corporations --- Consolidation and merger of corporations. --- Valuation. --- Acquisition of corporations --- Acquisitions and mergers --- Amalgamation of corporations --- Business combinations --- Business mergers --- Buyouts, Corporate --- Corporate acquisitions --- Corporate buyouts --- Corporate mergers --- Corporate takeovers --- Fusion of corporations --- Hostile takeovers of corporations --- M & A (Mergers and acquisitions of corporations) --- Merger of corporations --- Mergers and acquisitions of corporations --- Mergers, Corporate --- Takeovers, Corporate --- Stocks --- Consolidation --- Mergers --- Valuation --- Business. --- Management. --- Leadership. --- Business and Management. --- Business Strategy/Leadership. --- Corporate reorganizations --- Golden parachutes (Executive compensation) --- Industrial concentration --- Trusts, Industrial --- Finance --- Administration --- Industrial relations --- Organization --- Ability --- Command of troops --- Followership

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The fundamental economics of the European insurance industry and specifically the impact of the recent economic crisis on the financial services sector are likely to cause a wave of M&A transactions in the insurance sector. An event study of the previous M&A cycle in the European insurance industry shows that M&A transactions on average achieve short-term value creation. However, there is a significant dispersion among individual transactions and, in the long term, the average M&A transaction destroys value. Andreas Schertzinger identifies determinants of successful transactions, such as transaction timing and diversifying transaction strategy, through a multivariate statistical analysis. Two case studies illustrate success factors specifically related to the conduct of transactions in greater detail.

Consolidation and merger of corporations. --- Corporate culture. --- Insurance. --- Finance --- Business & Economics --- Banking --- Financial Management & Planning --- Finance - General --- Investment & Speculation --- Assurance (Insurance) --- Coverage, Insurance --- Indemnity insurance --- Insurance coverage --- Insurance industry --- Insurance protection --- Mutual insurance --- Underwriting --- Acquisition of corporations --- Acquisitions and mergers --- Amalgamation of corporations --- Business combinations --- Business mergers --- Buyouts, Corporate --- Corporate acquisitions --- Corporate buyouts --- Corporate mergers --- Corporate takeovers --- Corporations --- Fusion of corporations --- Hostile takeovers of corporations --- M & A (Mergers and acquisitions of corporations) --- Merger of corporations --- Mergers and acquisitions of corporations --- Mergers, Corporate --- Takeovers, Corporate --- Consolidation --- Mergers --- Finance. --- Macroeconomics. --- Economics. --- Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics. --- Finance, general. --- Corporate reorganizations --- Golden parachutes (Executive compensation) --- Industrial concentration --- Trusts, Industrial --- Funding --- Funds --- Economics --- Currency question

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Consolidation and merger of corporations. --- Investment banking. --- Leveraged buyouts. --- Valuation. --- 336.71 --- Investment banking --- Valuation --- Leveraged buyouts --- Consolidation and merger of corporations --- 332.66068 --- Acquisition of corporations --- Acquisitions and mergers --- Amalgamation of corporations --- Business combinations --- Business mergers --- Buyouts, Corporate --- Corporate acquisitions --- Corporate buyouts --- Corporate mergers --- Corporate takeovers --- Corporations --- Fusion of corporations --- Hostile takeovers of corporations --- M & A (Mergers and acquisitions of corporations) --- Merger of corporations --- Mergers and acquisitions of corporations --- Mergers, Corporate --- Takeovers, Corporate --- Corporate reorganizations --- Golden parachutes (Executive compensation) --- Industrial concentration --- Trusts, Industrial --- Buyouts, Leveraged --- LBOs (Corporations) --- Leveraged buy-outs --- Appraisal --- Capitalization (Finance) --- Economic valuation --- Property --- Accounting --- Banks and banking, Investment --- Investment banks --- Financial institutions --- Securities --- Bankwezen --- Consolidation --- Mergers --- 336.71 Bankwezen