Mergers & Acquisitions

This book provides a straightforward introduction to the mergers and acquisitions. The profitable growth for the companies can be possible internally as well as externally. The internal growth can be achieved either through the process of introducing or developing new products or by expanding or by enlarging the capacity of existing products or sustained improvement in sales. External growth can be achieved by merger and acquisition of existing business firms. Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) are quite important forms of external growth. In today¿s globalized economy, mergers and acquisitions are being increasingly used the world over as a strategy for achieving a larger asset base, for entering new markets, generating greater market shares/additional manufacturing capacities, and gaining complementary strengths and competencies, to become more competitive in the marketplace. Mergers and Acquisitions are an extensive worldwide phenomenon and Mergers and Acquisitions have emerged as the natural process of business restructuring throughout the world.