The success story of Indian IT/BPO is attracting a lot of growth opportunities. To achieve it potential the industry is taking an inorganic route to meet its demands. The industry has been much concentrating on the fast growing US market. With the subprime crisis, and the world on the brink of...

This short article argues why the Competition Commission of India should elect to review the Facebook-WhatsApp merger, even if the transaction does not technically breach the monetary and asset thresholds, prescribed under the provisions of the Indian Competition Act, 2002. In doing so, the...

The paper establishes the salience of the target's 52-week high price as a reference price, while determining the offer premium in Indian merger & acquisition (tender offer) deals, after controlling for the regulatory requirements in India. The SEBI Regulation, Substantial Acquisition of Shares...

We examine the domestic and cross-border acquisition decision of Indian firms in the nine-year period from 2002 to 2010, a period following liberalization in the economy. Acquisition activity both domestic and cross-border has increased over the period. We find that larger, younger firms, firms...

Mergers and acquisitions (hereafter M&As) is a strategy used by firms for growth and expansion of their business in terms of products/services, scale of operations and the geographic coverage. In order to successfully overcome the challenges posed by globalization the corporate sector all over...

The current study focuses on the long run value creation by cross border mergers and acquisitions by Indian companies in the period of 1998-2009. Event study methodology has been employed for achieving the purpose. The results revealed that there was significant value deterioration for the...

The present study focuses upon the comparison between the pre and post merger financial performance of the Indian companies undertaking cross border mergers and acquisitions during 1998-2009. An attempt has been made to assess the performance on an aggregate basis, on the basis of timing of the...

In the era of 21 century, companies adopt various strategies to grow rapidly in their sector or new origin or field. One major aspect of such strategies is Merger and Acquisition, commonly known as M&A, widely used by the organizations. Where Merger is a mutually agreed decision by the...