Authors :
Dr. Meena Kumari; Shaikh Noorjahan Begum Murad Hussain
Volume/Issue :
MMK:ACE-2023
Google Scholar :
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10477397
Abstract :
Mergers and Acquisitions have been most
popular means of inorganic expansion of companies over
the years. It is extensively used for restructuring the
business organizations. Companies undertake mergers
and acquisitions based on strategic business motivations
which are, primarily economic in nature such as
restructuring, expansion of the business, gaining
competitive advantage, obtaining economies of scale,
capture new markets where the target company is
already existing, operating and have consumer demand
that helps to enter into market without barriers. The
main purpose of this study is to understand the merger
and acquisition activity in India, the type of deals
involved, financial performance of acquirer companies
post-merger. The study focuses on analyzing whether
mergers and acquisitions resulted in improvement in
financial performance post-merger. For this purpose, the
technique of Ratio Analysis was used to evaluate the pre
and post-merger performance of some of the companies
across various industries.
Keywords :
Mergers, Acquisition, Pre-Merger, Post-Merger & Financial Ratio Analysis.
Mergers and Acquisitions have been most
popular means of inorganic expansion of companies over
the years. It is extensively used for restructuring the
business organizations. Companies undertake mergers
and acquisitions based on strategic business motivations
which are, primarily economic in nature such as
restructuring, expansion of the business, gaining
competitive advantage, obtaining economies of scale,
capture new markets where the target company is
already existing, operating and have consumer demand
that helps to enter into market without barriers. The
main purpose of this study is to understand the merger
and acquisition activity in India, the type of deals
involved, financial performance of acquirer companies
post-merger. The study focuses on analyzing whether
mergers and acquisitions resulted in improvement in
financial performance post-merger. For this purpose, the
technique of Ratio Analysis was used to evaluate the pre
and post-merger performance of some of the companies
across various industries.
Keywords :
Mergers, Acquisition, Pre-Merger, Post-Merger & Financial Ratio Analysis.
