The Curious Case of Vodafone Idea Merger: Is It a Saga of Turbulence or a Move Towards Potence?

Chhavi Mehta, Monika Chopra and Sanjay Dhamija

Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers, 2024, vol. 49, issue 1, 67-78

Abstract: In 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†.

Keywords: M&A; Telecom; Synergy; Financial Strategy; Financial Performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1177/02560909241236548

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