decline with its age. Organic growth beyond certain size or age is a big challenge and hence inorganic growth gains significance. Inorganic growth means growing through mergers and acquisitions. The inorganic growth also comes with its own advantages and disadvantages. A preference for growth through mergers and acquisitions (i.e. inorganic growth) started somewhere around the late 1890s. The mergers and acquisitions activities across the globe have taken occurred in merger waves as documented in the