Category: Fundamentals

Core concepts: what mergers and acquisitions are, the parties involved, and the strategic rationale behind deals.

5 articles in this category.

• Acquisition — The purchase of one company, or its assets, by another that gains control.
• Merger — The combination of two companies into a single surviving legal entity.
• Mergers and acquisitions — The umbrella term for transactions that combine the ownership of companies or their assets.
• Synergy — The extra value a combined company can create beyond the sum of the two firms apart.
• Types of mergers — Classification of mergers by the economic relationship between the combining firms.