Business GCSE
Mergers and takeovers
What Mergers and takeovers means in Business GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Mergers and takeovers
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External growth in which a takeover buys control of another business, while a merger combines two businesses, often more equally.
Topics that use Mergers and takeovers
- Expanding a business (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Diseconomies of scale
- Economies of scale
- External growth
- Fixed Costs
- Franchising
- Horizontal, vertical and conglomerate integration
- Internal (organic) growth
- Internal and external factors
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