Dr Julie Bower

Julie Bower

Research Fellow

Worcester Business School

Contact Details

email: j.bower@worc.ac.uk

tel: +44 (0) 7814 448276

Julie was formerly an investment analyst covering the alcoholic beverages industry at several leading City investment banks. Her academic research is focused on how firms grow by acquisitions and strategic alliances and how antitrust and merger policy interacts with that process.

Teaching & Research

Teaching interests
Corporate Strategy
International Business Management

Research interests
Antitrust and Merger Policy
Mergers & Acquisitions
Hostile Bids
Business History

Qualifications

PhD, Warwick Business School (ESRC scholarship)

MBA, London Business School

MA (Hons), Oxford University

Publications

Bower, J. and Cox, H. (2011) “Regulatory Capture and Special Interest Pleading: How Scottish & Newcastle Became the UK’s Largest Brewer” Business History Review (in press, summer 2012)

Bower, J. and Cox, H. (2011) “Avoiding merger referral: A discriminant analysis study of UK alcoholic beverages firms”, University of Worcester working paper

Bower, J. (2007) “Strategic Interactions with Competition Authorities in the UK Alcoholic Beverages Industry” PhD thesis

External Responsibilities

Associate Fellow, Centre for Management under Regulation, Warwick Business School (2007-2009)

Director, Head of UK and European Beverages Research, Schroder Securities Europe Ltd (1997-1999)

Director, UK Beverages Research, ABN-AMRO Hoare Govett (1994-1997)

Analyst, UK Beverages and Leisure Research, Credit Lyonnais Securities (1992-1994)

UK Equity Sales, Nomura International Plc (1987-1990)