Mergers and Acquisitions

Definition: Mergers and Acquisitions is an aspect of corporate strategy, corporate finance and organizational management dealing with the buying, selling, dividing and combining of the ownership of a company or similar entity that can help the acquiring enterprise grow more rapidly and create value in its sector or location of origin, or in a new field or in a new location, without creating a subsidiary, other child entity or using a joint venture.
There are broadly 4 main types of value creation:
- Resource sharing
- Functional skills transfer
- Transfer of general management skills
- Combination benefits

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