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CONGLOMERATE COMPANY [1 record]

Record 1 2003-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Structure
  • Corporate Economics
DEF

In general, a conglomerate is a corporation, formed by many mergers and acquisitions, in which the acquired companies are engaged in activities that have little or no relation to the activities of the acquiring company.

OBS

conglomerate: term reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Structures de l'entreprise
  • Économie de l'entreprise
DEF

Société à exploitation diversifiée, formée le plus souvent par acquisition ou fusion d'entreprises exerçant des activités variées n'ayant pas de lien entre elles.

OBS

conglomérat : terme extrait du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduit avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estructura de la empresa
  • Economía empresarial
DEF

Grupo de empresas que actúan en sectores muy diferentes y que normalmente se ha formado por un proceso rápido de adquisiciones y fusiones. En la moderna doctrina empresarial se recomienda su desmembramiento por venta de filiales, al carecer de sinergias.

OBS

conglomerado: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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