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Marriages between companies: mergers and acquisitions

Mergers and acquisitions between companies have turned into a business strategy for increasing profitability and competiveness in difficult times. Although we use these terms interchangeably as synonyms, there are substantial differences between them. A merger occurs when two or more companies join together to convert into a single one. If one of the intervening entities [...]

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