Part 1: Background.-  Chapter 1: Introduction to the Study.- Chapter 2: Review of Literature.- Chapter 3: Objectives, Hypotheses and Research Methodology.-  Part 2: Analysis of Short-Term Abnormal Returns.-  Chapter 4: Event Study Methodology.- Chapter 5: Short-Term Abnormal Returns of Mergers and Acquisitions.-  Part 4: Motives of M&A and Analysis of Long-Term Financial Performance.-  Chapter 6: Survey of Management View on Motives for Mergers and Acquisitions.- Chapter 7: Financial Performance Analysis of Mergers and Acquisitions.- Part 5: Impact of Corporate Governance Practices.- Chapter 8: Development of Corporate Governance Index.- Chapter 9: Impact of Corporate Governance Score on Abnormal Returns and Financial Performance.-  Part 5: Summary and Conclusions.

Neelam Rani is an Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Management Shillong, India. She obtained her Ph D from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. She has been a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Rutgers Business School, The State University of New Jersey, Newark. She is a recipient of various awards such as NSE prize for Best Thesis in Financial Economics, outstanding paper awards by Amity International Business School, Noida in 2013 and Indian Institute of Capital Markets, Mumbai in 2014. She has been awarded the 3E Innovative Young Researcher Award. She has 20 years of teaching and research experience in subjects related to management accounting, financial management, costing and engineering economics and industrial economics. She has contributed/presented more than 75 papers in journals and conferences.
Surendra S. Yadav is a Professor of Finance at the Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Delhi), India. He was the Head of the Department of Management Studies for six years. He teaches corporate finance, international finance, international business, and security analysis and portfolio management. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Paris, Paris School of Management, INSEEC Paris, and the University of Tampa, USA. He has published 12 books and contributed more than 230 papers to research journals and conferences. He has also contributed more than 30 papers to financial/ economic newspapers. He is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Advances in Management Research (JAMR) published by Emerald Publishing, UK.
P.K. Jain is a Professor of Finance and the Modi Chair Professor at the Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Delhi), India. He has been the Dalmia Chair Professor as well. Recently, he has been awarded with ‘Best Faculty Award’ at IIT Delhi. He has more than 40 years of teaching experience in subjects related to management accounting, financial management, financial analysis, cost analysis and cost control. He has been a visiting faculty at the AIT Bangkok; University of Paris; Howe School of Technology Management at Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey; and ICPE, Ljubljana. He has authored three well-known text books published by TMH and more than tenresearch monographs. He has contributed more than 150 research papers in journals of national and international repute.