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Business mergers are nowadays much in fashion and in the news, but relatively litte is known about their effects on different aspects of business enterprise, especially their effects on market competition. Narver her distinguishes among three main types of corporate merger: the horizontal, involving firms that produce generally similar items; the vertical, involving a successive (e.g. supplier-customer) relationship between firms and the conglomerate, involving any merger that is neither horizontal nor vertical. Economist have yet to agree on a general definition of the essential aspects of conglomerate mergers or on an adequate description of their effects on competition. the present book d...
Monograph on cost benefit analysis of USA mergers - explains recent trends in terms of capital resources valuation, tax incentives, etc., Examines motivations for and consequences of mergers in relation to small scale industries and shareholders, analyses costs and benefits for consumers, workers and communitys, and comments on problems of official merger prevention company law. Bibliography pp. 74 to 76 and statistical tables.
What motivates a firm to become a conĀglomerate? How do conglomerates change the structure of the economy? What effects do conglomerates have on both output and labor markets? How do conglomerates affect the evolution of capitalism? These questions motivated Spruill to write his book. He had noted an "insatiable apĀpetite on the part of large firms to become larger and more diversified. For instance, Gulf and Western had expanded to the point where its product lines included auto parts, aerospace, electronics, minerals, and movies. Beatrice Foods produced, among other things, ice cream, peanuts, and toilet seats." Spruill's book contains a wider scope than that of any other economist surve...