A Occurs When the Operations of the Acquiring and Target

question 17

Multiple Choice

A occurs when the operations of the acquiring and target firms are combined in order to achieve economies and thereby cause the performance of the merged firm to exceed that of the pre- merged firm.

• A) financial merger
• B) operating merger
• C) strategic merger
• D) hostile takeover

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