Business A-Level
merger
What merger means in Business A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of merger
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Reference: AQA
A deal agreed between boards, which changes the cost and the aftermath compared with a takeover that can be resisted.
Topics that use merger
- Assessing a change in scale (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- capacity utilisation
- Economies of scale
- external growth
- Franchising models
- gearing
- integration cost
- interest cover
- Methods of external growth
Using merger in the exam
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