PANORAMA A“M&A”ZING INDIA By Mr. Mohammed Zakriya and Prof. Tareque Laskar, IIPM Think Tank, Mangalore It is not easy to gauge the synergy created between the acquirer and the target based on the fi nancial performance ... Mergers and Acquisitions : Get the Basics Right By Ms. Bhuvna Ravi Director, Abhay Capital Services Pvt. Ltd. The restrictions on M&A transactions in India have been substantially relaxed with the liberalisation of the economy ... A Critical Assessment of the Merger and Acquisitions Scenario in India By Prof. K. P. Ramakrishnan, Visiting faculty, IIPM, New Delhi Due to the existence of strict government regulations, Indian companies were forced to move into new areas ... A BIG RICH INDIAN WEDDING: MERGERS REVISITED By Mr. Vikas Gupta, CEO Fifth Trilogy Investment Services
TRENDS Jet Airways – Air Sahara “Lite” at the end of the Tunnel By Prof. Prashant Gupta and Dr. Kapil Pandla, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida If completed, the merger would have created the largest Indian airline with control over nearly half the market... The Surging Tsunami - Mergers & Acquisitions Story… By Ms. Sudha Rajagopal, Ex-Banker M & A deals are done to derive a greater benefit from the merged entity rather than from the individual bits... M & As Calling: Indian Inc. on a Buying Binge By Mr. Shashank Tripathi, Research Associate, Planman Media INDIA INC. GOING GLOBAL By Mr. Bundeep Singh Rangar, Chairman IndusView Special issue mergers & acquisitions Corporate Conso lidation Activities–Indian Perspective By Prof. S. N. Ghosh, Visiting Faculty, IIPM, New Delhi, By Dr. P.K. Saxena, Sr. Reader, DN (PG) College CCS University, Meerut. RESEARCH Mergers and Acquisitions in Emerging Economies: A Study of Impact on Scale Economies, Technological Change and Structural Shift in Profitability By Dr. Chandra Shekhar Sharma, Reader, Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi The theoretical foundation rests on the assertion that in effi cient markets, market value and stock registers changes around merger announcements to fully capture and refl ect the economic gains from the merger… ‘Strategic Objectives behind Corporate Acquisitions & the Impact of These Acquisitions on Shareholders Wealth’ By Mr. Parth Sarathi,Fellow Student, IIPM, New Delhi Researchers believe that the fi rm’s ability to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage depends upon its relative cost and differentiation positions... PRIVATE EQUITY RAIL BACKING M & A TRAIL By Mr. Ashwani Batra, Senior Analyst, Global Strategy & Investment Consulting, Planman Consulting (India) Pvt. Ltd. M&A DUE DILIGENCE MORE THAN JUST FINANCIAL By Mr. Supriya Mitra Majumdar, Planman Technologies (India) Pvt. Ltd.