Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) plays a pivotal role in the process of economic development particularly in the capital scarce country, where the domestic base of created assets like technology, skills and entrepreneurship are quite limited. It provides financial resources for investment in a host country and thereby augments domestic saving efforts. It also plays an important role in accelerating the pace of economic growth. FDI provides the much-needed foreign exchange to help the bridge the balance of payment or trade deficit. FDI brings complementary assets such as technology, management and organizational competencies and there are spillover effects of these assets on the rest of the economy. FDI is treated as a main engine of economic growth and technological development which provides ample opportunities in accelerating economic development. FDI contributes to exports directly and an enhanced export possibility contributes to the growth of the host economies by relaxing demand side constraints on economic growth. The present study adds to the existing literature on determinants of FDI by examining the degree of correlation between FDI inflow in India and several economic factors like exchange rate, GDP, openness of trade etc.

For a firm entering into M & A is sometimes a choice and other times it is a compulsion. But if a Corporate wants to grow, it has to undergo organic as well as inorganic growth in form of M & A. The study of determinants of Mergers and Acquisitions has thereby become of utmost importance and relevant in times of intense competition among Firms. The current study explores the determinants of mergers and acquisitions for Domestic deals in India in comparison to other nations. The determinants can be categorized into firm-specific, macro-economic, strategic determinants, financial determinants.Thorough research is done by following a rigorous process from exploring the papers to synthesizing the research. The study also gives insights regarding how the relevance of factors determining mergers and acquisitions is changing in India with an impact of

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The economy is advancing and developing at animus pace, the entrepreneurs are progressing by shifting the concept of mass production to quality production and then providing individual touch to products and services. The consumer has now-a-days elated expectations like product variations, shortened product lifecycles. Due to increase of pressure from market, consumers towards quality improvements, the supplier has to cater to the demand of the customer by providing the quality delivery, on time and with the personalised attributes. The product delivery is provided to the customers through firm’s supply chain management network, when the network is intact, it will make the supply effective and easy. The way to deal with the increased demand is designing and developing the product on the basis of the supply networks. The competitiveness among the business tycoons are moving to another level as these businesses are no more competing among themselves but competing between the product supply chains. The current study has discussed that how the problems of supply chain management can be solved and made more responsive by associating it with the product design at very initial stage with the help of multiple case study approach.