This article addresses the question whether companies from emerging economies create shareholder value through foreign acquisitions. The popular business press usually views these foreign acquisitions very positively. The stock markets have often reacted negatively to the acquisitions. The...

This paper pursues a computationally intensive approach to generate future inflation, followed by an exploration of the determinants of inflation expectations by estimating a new Keynesian type Phillips curve that takes into account country-specific characteristics, the stance of monetary and...

American Indian communities are the poorest in the United States. They suffer from poverty, unemployment, and inadequate housing rates not seen elsewhere in the U.S. Yet any discussion of economic development in Indian Country is always conditioned and constrained by concerns about possible...

The paper attempts to study the nature and structure of the urban labor market in Coimbatore. It analyzes the determinants of earnings of the unorganized labor market in the engineering industry, studies the occupational mobility and its determinants, and ascertains the factors associated with...

The present study investigates the role of information in price discovery function and volatility spillover in Nifty and S&P CNX Nifty futures by employing two-step TGARCH procedures. First, the study examines short and long-run relationship between S&P CNX Nifty index and Nifty index futures in...

Taken together, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa - the “BIICS” - have been an important engine for world growth, and they account for a growing share of global output. However, further reforms will be needed to ensure catch-up to OECD GDP per capita levels over the long term....

If there were no impediments to the flow of capital across space, then the returns to capital should be equalized. We provide evidence to the contrary. There are large differences in the return to comparable investments across different towns in the state of Tamil Nadu in South India. We explore...

A recent phenomenon of globalization has come to be known as Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO), whereby knowledge-intensive research and development (R&D) work is outsourced to an outside firm or an offshore subsidiary. Primary motives of KPO are thought to be the availability of...

Germany, in recent years, has advanced to a major focal point for Indian multinational enterprises (MNEs). Between 2000 and 2007, 84 greenfield Indian investments in Germany were monitored. Additionally, Indian MNEs were involved in at least 55 mergers & acquisitions (M&A) deals in Germany...

Governance practices of Indian business houses changed after 1991 liberalization. Prima facie analysis of Indian corporate governance practices and rules differ for Public Sector, Private Sector, Closely Held and Widely Held companies. Family-based business houses have grown in number & size in...