International Joint Ventures, Mergers and Acquisitions

Paper Code: 
DBBA 601c
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
12.00
Unit I: 
Corporate Restructuring & Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances

Corporate Restructuring: Concept, Reasons for restructuring, Barriers to restructuring, Types of Corporate Restructuring, Implications of Corporate restructuring
Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances: Concept & Meaning of Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances, Need & Types of Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances, Structures & Problems faced in Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliance.

12.00
Unit II: 
Mergers and Acquisitions

Concept of mergers and acquisitions, genesis of mergers and acquisitions, classification of mergers, types of acquisitions, Tools for Analysis, Process of Mergers and Acquisitions, reasons for failure of Mergers and Acquisitions, Financing Mergers and Acquisitions, Earn-outs, Reverse Merger

12.00

Due Diligence: Concept and Need of Due Diligence, Process of Due Diligence, Types of Due Diligence.
Valuation: Concept, Methods of Valuation, Factors affecting valuation basics, methods of valuation, cash flow approaches, economic value added (EVA), sensitivity analysis, valuation under takeover regulation, valuation for slump sale, cost-benefit analysis and swap ratio determination

12.00

Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions: Concept and need, Benefits, Difficulties in Cross Border Acquisitions
Post Merger Issues: Concept, Issues involved in integration, Tools used for integration, Post-merger Growth Strategies, Human Side of Mergers and Acquisitions, Demerger and its types
Takeover: Concept, Forms of Takeover, Takeover Defences, Benefits and Disadvantages of Takeover

12.00
Unit V: 
Legal Framework with respect to Mergers and Acquisitions

Companies Act, 1956, SEBI (Buyback of Securities) Regulations 1998, SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeover) Regulations, 1997, SEBI (Delisting of Securities) Guidelines, 2003 Corporate Governance Issues, Provisions of Income Tax Act, 1961, FEMA, 1999, Competition Act, 2002

Essential Readings: 

1. Weston, Fred; Chung, Kwang S. & Siu, Jon A.: Takeovers, Restructuring and Corporate Governance, (2nd ed.). Pearson Education
2. Gupta, Manju (2010): Contemporary Issues in Mergers and Acquisitions. Himalaya Publishing
3. Sundarsanam (2006); Creating Value from Mergers and Acquisitions, (1st ed.) Pearson Education
4. Ramanujan. S. (1999); Mergers: The New Dimensions for Corporate Restructuring, McGraw Hill

References: 

5. Narayankar, Ravi, (2013): Merger and Acquisitions Corporate Restructuring, Strategy and Practices, (2nd ed.). International Book House Pvt. Ltd.
6. Ray Kamal Ghosh (2013); Mergers and Acquisitions, (1st ed.) Prentice Hall of India
7. Aurora, Shetty and Kale (2013); Mergers and Acquisitions, (1st ed.) Oxford University Press

Academic Year: 
2018-2019
  • Printer-friendly version
  • PDF version