The retailer’s operating environment today is far more complex and interconnected than that which prevailed during the closing of the last century. Given the trends of changing consumer preferences and the growing importance of the emerging destinations for retail expansion, the focus is...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the rationale and synergies of a Japanese firm's acquisition of India's leading pharmaceutical firm, Ranbaxy, and to answer the following pertinent questions: could Ranbaxy have been able to survive and succeed, had the firm not gone for this...