models in India. This study also aims at giving ideas for future research in predicting takeover targets in India …

Merger and Acquisition (M&A) activities are not well-anticipated corporate events in the equity market. Do … be merger arbitragers and buy more shares of target firm stocks to speculate on final deal consummation; while banks …

The intense concentration process taking place in the financial system across the world has attracted substantial … the difficulty of governing a post-merger integration process. Post merger integration generally requires good governance … clashes could determine conflicts and negative effects on the timing and the effectiveness of the post-merger integration …

, and industry-specific regulation. Drawing on real-world examples from the world's two largest M&A markets (the US and the …

budgets or, more intrusively, that displace locally elected officials. These "takeover boards" are frequently accused of … to which takeover boards are subject to an anti-democratic critique is frequently overstated. Efforts to revive near … dysfunction. I contend that by addressing the political underpinnings of fiscal distress, takeover boards may be more capable of …

business cycles. (2) Most mergers occur when both the acquirer and the target economies are booming. (3) Merger booms have both …