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FUSION VERTICALE AVAL [1 record]

Record 1 1996-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Economics
  • Amalgamation and Partnerships (Finance)
  • Commercial and Other Bodies (Law)
CONT

Upward mergers (or acquisitions) provide an alternative exit route for venture investments. ... This option is particularly important for liquidating investments in companies that have succeeded but have not achieved the high growth targets originally envisaged.

OBS

According to the Bureau of Competition Policy, Consumer and Corporate Affairs, the term "forward merger" is a synonym of "upward merger".

OBS

forward integration: A merger or takeover by a business enterprise of another business enterprise that takes the acquiring firm one step further up the ladder in the production-distribution process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie de l'entreprise
  • Fusion, absorption et coparticipation (Finances)
  • Organismes commerciaux ou non (Droit)
OBS

Par analogie à «concentration verticale en aval» (DENEC, 1976, p. 57) et à «intégration ascendante» (PHECO, 1977, p. 145).

Spanish

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