Volume : 5, Issue : 11, November - 2016

THE PATTERN OF MERGER AND ACQUISITIONS IN INDIA

Dr. M. Yadagiri, Mr. M. Vijay Kumar

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;Mergers and Acquisitions as growth strategy have received attention from developed as well as emerging economies. Globalization and Liberalization have led firms from emerging markets like India to become more aggressive and opt for Mergers and Acquisitions to fight the competitive battle. Mergers and Acquisitions are one of the mechanisms by which firms gain access to new resources; via resource redeployment, they increase revenues and reduce cost. The average number of 239.93 mergers has occurred with an amount of Rs. 3, 82,134.04 millions during the period of the study. There has been a considerable shift seen in 2011-12 in the outlook of Indian companies which relooked at acquisitions as one of their key growth strategies. Indian companies were involved in a recorded total of 1210 acquisitions deals. The increased participation of the Indian companies in the global corporate sector has further facilitated the Mergers and Acquisitions activities of open offers in India. There is no constant increase or decrease either in the number or in the amount of sale of assets</p>