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This research article examined the financial reporting and analysis practices in Tata steel and Corus acquisition: Their association with growth rate and financial performance. This article analyzes the reasons and the effect of the Acquisition of Corus by paying 12.33 billion dollars to buy which is one of the biggest acquisitions by an Indian Company at the cross border. This paper also emphasizes this acquisition led to global growth in Steel Industry. The sample size of this research consists of Tata Steel and Corus Company which underwent acquisitions during 2007–08. This paper also emphasizes the significance of developing skills in analyzing and interpreting financial statements to maintain financial position and progress. To understand the distinguishing characteristics, problems and needs of the organization's growth performance, the published audited report from 2002–2022 was studied and interpreted. To measure the significance of the organization’s performance the author adopted comparative, ratio analysis and other statistical tools were adopted. The study shows that there is important growth in income and financial position of companies after the merger, the growth can result in financial stresses and excessive use of debts as such cash flow difficulties. But the coronavirus (Lockdown) the company faced a downfall in their profits.
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Lourdunathan, F., Nadayil, D., Saxena, S. (2023). Financial Reportings and Analysis Practices in Tata Steel and Corus Acquisition: Their Association with Growth Rate and Financial Performance. In: Alareeni, B., Hamdan, A., Khamis, R., Khoury, R.E. (eds) Digitalisation: Opportunities and Challenges for Business. ICBT 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 621. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26956-1_22
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