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According to [[Financial Management Theory and Practice by Eugene F. Brigham and Michael C. Ehrhardt (13th edition)]], | According to [[Financial Management Theory and Practice by Eugene F. Brigham and Michael C. Ehrhardt (13th edition)]], | ||
:[[Defensive merger]]. Occurs when one company acquires another to help ward off a hostile merger attempt. | :[[Defensive merger]]. Occurs when one company acquires another to help ward off a hostile merger attempt. | ||
| + | According to [[Fundamentals of Financial Management by Eugene F. Brigham and Joel F. Houston (15th edition)]], | ||
| + | :[[Defensive merger]]s. Mergers designed to make a company less vulnerable to a takeover. | ||
==Related concepts== | ==Related concepts== | ||
Latest revision as of 02:18, 2 November 2019
Defensive merger is a merger that occurs when one company acquires another to help ward off a hostile merger attempt.
Definitions
According to Financial Management Theory and Practice by Eugene F. Brigham and Michael C. Ehrhardt (13th edition),
- Defensive merger. Occurs when one company acquires another to help ward off a hostile merger attempt.
According to Fundamentals of Financial Management by Eugene F. Brigham and Joel F. Houston (15th edition),
- Defensive mergers. Mergers designed to make a company less vulnerable to a takeover.
Related concepts
- Financial management. A combination of enterprise efforts undertaken in order to procure and utilize monetary resources of the enterprise.
