DBS (A), (B), (C), (D): Local Player to Regional Bank

This series of four cases detail DBS’s growth strategy to transform itself from a large local player to a significant regional player. Beginning with the much-publicised problems DBS faced with its first major overseas acquisition at the outset of the Asian Crisis, through the process of building the capability to become a successful acquirer, Keeley Wilson, Professor Peter Williamson and Chua Chei Hwee trace DBS’s motives and actions, focusing on important questions that arose out of the acquisition process.