Mergers and Acquisitions in Tea Industry: A Case Study

ABSTRACT This dissertation is aimed at finding motives and assessing the consequences of mergers and acquisitions, taking Tata's acquisition of Tetley into consideration. It overviews a vast amount of theoretical literature on mergers and acquisitions and presents empirical literature fi...

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Main Author: Agarwal, Shashank
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2008
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/21579/
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description ABSTRACT This dissertation is aimed at finding motives and assessing the consequences of mergers and acquisitions, taking Tata's acquisition of Tetley into consideration. It overviews a vast amount of theoretical literature on mergers and acquisitions and presents empirical literature findings on company'ss post-merger financial performance. Case study section of the dissertation considers the history of Tata Tea Ltd. for engaging in M&A activities and measures the consequences of the activity by applying accounting and empirical financial approaches. Quantitative data is obtained from both online and published resources. The findings from the study are: Mergers and acquisitions contribute to increase in net sales revenue. Their impact on market share can either be neutral or positive. Quantitative data is taken from company'ss annual reports, business research companies' archives and financial websites. The findings from the study are mergers and acquisition's can either have a positive or negative impact on financial performance.
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spelling nottingham-215792017-12-21T01:58:35Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/21579/ Mergers and Acquisitions in Tea Industry: A Case Study Agarwal, Shashank ABSTRACT This dissertation is aimed at finding motives and assessing the consequences of mergers and acquisitions, taking Tata's acquisition of Tetley into consideration. It overviews a vast amount of theoretical literature on mergers and acquisitions and presents empirical literature findings on company'ss post-merger financial performance. Case study section of the dissertation considers the history of Tata Tea Ltd. for engaging in M&A activities and measures the consequences of the activity by applying accounting and empirical financial approaches. Quantitative data is obtained from both online and published resources. The findings from the study are: Mergers and acquisitions contribute to increase in net sales revenue. Their impact on market share can either be neutral or positive. Quantitative data is taken from company'ss annual reports, business research companies' archives and financial websites. The findings from the study are mergers and acquisition's can either have a positive or negative impact on financial performance. 2008 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/21579/1/MERGERS_AND_ACQUISITIONS_IN_TEA_INDUSTRY.pdf Agarwal, Shashank (2008) Mergers and Acquisitions in Tea Industry: A Case Study. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
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Mergers and Acquisitions in Tea Industry: A Case Study
title Mergers and Acquisitions in Tea Industry: A Case Study
title_full Mergers and Acquisitions in Tea Industry: A Case Study
title_fullStr Mergers and Acquisitions in Tea Industry: A Case Study
title_full_unstemmed Mergers and Acquisitions in Tea Industry: A Case Study
title_short Mergers and Acquisitions in Tea Industry: A Case Study
title_sort mergers and acquisitions in tea industry: a case study
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/21579/