Acquisition strategies in India: A Case study

Abstract

Mergers and Acquisition are integral part of any corporate strategy when any firm wants to expand either the market access through horizontal integration or bring in cost efficiencies through vertical Integrations. With changing economic conditions and technological innovations, mergers and acquisitions have become integral part of any corporate strategy. Acquisition is defined as the corporate strategy dealing with the buying, selling and combining of different companies that can aid, finance, or help a company in a given industry grow rapidly without having to create another business entity. The key drivers for acquisitions are entry permit to new business markets, build bigger scale and acquire newer technology, access to lower cost operations1. Acquisition, asset divestiture are the business strategy in which the firms change their business structure by reorganizing internal and external resources.