When to see a doctor. If you have any signs or symptoms of a personality disorder, see your doctor, mental health provider or other health care professional. Untreated, personality disorders can cause significant problems in your life that may get worse without treatment. 1  Definition.
Principles for Merger Integration. Small businesses merge to achieve cost synergies, enter new markets and expand product offerings. However, none of these benefits are possible without adequate planning, restructuring of business units and an understanding of the risks involved.
Definition. Voluntary amalgamation of two firms on roughly equal terms into one new legal entity. Mergers are effected by exchange of the pre-merger stock (shares) for the stock of the new firm. Owners of each pre-merger firm continue as owners, and the resources of the merging entities are pooled for the benefit of the new entity. If the merged entities were competitors, the merger is called horizontal integration, if they were supplier or customer of one another, it is called vertical integration.