Advancement in the nature of business and management performance has pushed the need of people to build a more effective and structural financial measurement. Today it is well settled that the aim of every business entity should be to maximize shareholders’ wealth. As investors world over, are...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the motives of cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M & A) by Indian companies for the period 1998 through 2009. The study has also attempted to ascertain the post-merger paybacks realized by the sample acquirer companies. It also...

One of the significant developments in the investing community is the rise of socially responsible or ethical investments during last two decades. Because of the increasing size and importance of ethical mutual funds, this paper seeks to evaluate and compare the performance of ethical mutual...