M&A Foundations · glossary
The purchase of a company or business by another. Most "M&A" in English practice is not a merger of equals but an acquisition: a buyer buys the target's shares (or assets) from its owners for a price. Chapter 1
Explained in Chapter 1, What M&A Actually Is, of M&A Foundations.
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