Merger
What Merger means in Business GCSE, as defined for OCR, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Two companies agree to form a single new entity.
When two businesses of roughly equal size agree to join together to form a new business.
Topics that use Merger
- Business growth (OCR GCSE)
- Business growth (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Takeover
- Business growth
- Diseconomies of scale
- Economies of scale
- External growth
- Internal (organic) growth
- Limited liability
- Loan capital
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