Research and Analysis Report
The financial and operational consequences of the acquisition of ABN AMRO by RBS
By: Anwar ACCA Number: 1276528
September 2011
Word Count Report: 5,656 Words Key Skills Statement: 1,984 Words
Contents
1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Background .................................................................................................................................... 3 1.2 Why Acquisition? ........................................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Why RBS – ABN AMRO? ................................................................................................................. 4 1.4 Research Objectives ....................................................................................................................... 4 1.5 Information Gathering ................................................................................................................... 4 1.5.1 Research Strategy ................................................................................................................... 5 1.5.2 Data Collection........................................................................................................................ 6 1.5.3 Reliability and Validity ............................................................................................................ 7 1.5.4 Confidentiality......................................................................................................................... 8 1.6 Summary ........................................................................................................................................ 8 2. Results, analysis and conclusion