AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ON MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS OF MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO INDIA AND THE LEGALITIES INVOLVED

Abstract

The paper researches the various reasons for mergers and acquisitions that take place in the globalised world today. The reasons are different for different companies. The main reason is profit-making, enlarging one’s market share, reducing costs, and getting rid of competition at times leading to monopolistic tendencies where prices can be dictated. In the process, there might be a large number of advantages and disadvantages and not necessarily all M&As are profit-making ventures.