Tuesday, 11 November 2014

The most telling argument against merger and acquisition, whether by traditional or conglomerate mergers, is that potential competition.To permit the merger or acquitition of one firm in a given industry by another in a different industry where there is a like boy hood that such a merger or entry prevents a potential competitor from entry constitutes a primary danger to public antitrust policy.The issues is whether a reduction in concentration or a de novo entry by a nonconglomerate firm.