The growth in Chinese and Indian economies has witnessed an increase in the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activities over the last twenty years. The effects of M&As on Chinese and Indian listed companies' are analysed using average abnormal returns (AAR) and cumulative average abnormal returns...

Research question: This paper empirically examines the impact of corporate governance reforms on the financial performance of Indian state-owned enterprises (SOEs) for the period 2003–2011.Research findings/insights: The findings indicate that the various corporate governance reforms...

This paper investigates the short-term stock market reaction to the announcement of outward foreign direct investment related Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) by Indian companies. A new trend in India evident since 2005 is the increasing number of Indian corporates becoming global players,...

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the emergence of giant global organisations in India and how the forces of globalisation have changed the merger and acquisitions activities of Indian companies. We examine the changes in government policy, their impacts on FDI, and the most significant...

The article focuses on the agency cost of Indian banks. The researchers have worked on data covering a data period from 2005 to 2013 which covers the pre-crisis, crisis and post-crisis period. Two proxies for agency cost have been taken to arrive at conclusions after applying appropriate tests....