Large businesses often aim to expand, seeking benefits of scale in sales, production, purchasing power or development, or the efficiencies that come with integration.

Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Jorge Tarzijan, and Jordan Mitchell. "Arauco (A): Forward Integration or Horizontal Expansion?" Harvard Business School Case 705-474, February 2005. (Revised March 2009.) ...

An example of a merger would be that business A and business B want to expand but do not feel they can get any bigger alone. Both businesses decide to come together and share their business ...

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