Concept Map 3
Concept Map 3
Concept Map 3
Classifications
of Business
Combinations
Types of Business Combination
• Association
1. Trade Association
- A not for profit association consists of individuals or companies with
common interests, who acts as a representative for the industry they are
in.
2. Chamber of Commerce
- Association in a particular place that protects and promotes the interest of
the businesses in the community or place.
3. Informal Agreement
- Formed solely based on trust of all parties involved to set restrictions of
output, fixation of prices, and etc.
Forms of Business Combination
• Federation
1. Pools
- Members from the pooling agreement agrees to control the deman or supply
of a product without giving up their separate entities.
2. Cartel
- Pool having a common sales agency.
• Consolidation (Partial)
1. Trusts
- An agreement binded by a trust certificate to promise a transfer of
controlling amount of stock to a board of trustee.
Forms of Business Combination
2. Holding Companies
- Organization owning a controlling amount of their share capital by
combining industrial units.
3. Community of Interests
- A group of common stockholders or directors who controls the business
policy of several companies.
• Consolidation (Complete)
1. Merger
- Two or more organizations merge and their operations are absorbed by a
new org.
Forms of Business Combination
2. Acquisition
- Refers to the process of acquiring a company at a price called acquisition
price, paid by cash, shares, or both
3. Amalgamation
- Two or more businesses consolidate their business and form a new one.
Reason for Business Combination