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mergers  

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  • Mergers are now commonplace in the corporate world as organizations seek to enhance their competitiveness and effectiveness in an increasingly complex and globalized corporate environment. A merger takes place when two previously separate organizations combine to form a single organizational entity. [Source: Encyclopedia of Group Processes & Intergroup Relations; Mergers]

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