A horizontal merger is a merger or business consolidation that occurs between firms that operate in the same industry, usually as larger companies attempt to create more efficient economies of scale.

Discover how horizontal acquisitions work, their advantages, and real-world examples, helping you understand industry strategies and competitive expansion.

The post-acquisition phase is often the most crucial in ensuring mergers and acquisitions don’t fall apart while the ink is still wet ...

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We develop a search-based theory of mergers and acquisitions with heterogeneous firms and endogenous search complementarities. We use this model to understand how merger incentives and the firm size ...