Corporate Combinations
- Horizontal merger - Combination of two or more firms competing in the same good with the same good or service
- Vertical merger - Combination of two or more firms involved in different stages of producing the same good or service
- Conglomerate - Business combination merging more than three businesses that make unrelated products
Famous conglomerate
Joining forces, either with competition or non-competition, can almost guarantee growth of some kind of growth for all of the participating companies.