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100			_aChhavi Mehta
245			_aThe Curious Case of Vodafone Idea Merger: Is It a Saga of Turbulence or a Move Towards Potence?
300			_aP.67-78
520			_aIn January 2017, Vittorio Colao, the Vodafone Group CEO, and Kumar Mangalam Birla, the chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, announced a merger to form Vodafone Idea. The merger was expected to create a successful telecom company with the largest market share. Contrary to expectations, the merged entity kept struggling on various non-financial and financial business fronts. The current case discusses the motives for the merger, expected synergies, post-merger challenges and financial performance of the combined entity. The case presents the potential future strategies and a dilemma about the prospects of survival and growth of the newly created entity “Vi”.
654			_aM&A _aTelecom _aSynergy _aFinancial Strategy _aFinancial Performance
700			_aMonika Chopra
773	0		_080317 _9109754 _dNew Delhi Sage Publisher _tVikalpa : The Journal for Decision Maker _x0256-0909
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