The study seeks to assess the likelihood and impact of earnout offers on the acquiring company wealth gains in cross border acquisitions in India. The study highlights two cases where earnouts are preferred choices of the acquirer. Firstly, in those cases where the target company is in hi-tech...

Purpose – This paper aims to assess the impact of different financing strategies used in the cross-border acquisitions on the shifts in the risk profile of the acquiring companies in India. The purpose is to discern which of the stated modes of payment, viz., cash, stock and earnout, enables...