Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) have become a central instrument of organizational development. Consequently, research on M&A has developed into a complex research area of management science in recent years. However, the different perspectives are so heterogeneous that a holistic view is often...

In this age of cut-throat competition, every company wants to grow and be ahead of its competitors. There are two ways to achieve growth- first the Greenfield expansions resulting in Organic growth in one's own unit, and second the Brownfield expansions or M&As resulting in Inorganic growth. In...