This study analyses 268 cross-border acquisitions of Indian acquirer companies to capture the returns to shareholders as a result of the acquisition announcements during the period January 2003 to December 2008 using the event study methodology. We focus on cross border acquisitions, stake-wise...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) on corporate performance. It addresses the major question related to the long-term performance of the acquiring firm. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses the long-term pre- and...

The present study attempts to investigate whether differences in the quality of firm level corporate governance influence short-term performance of acquiring firms for a sample of companies by creating a corporate governance index. The study is based on a survey of sample of 155 companies having...