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.
Legally speaking, a merger requires two companies to consolidate into a new entity with a new ownership and management structure (ostensibly with members of each firm). An acquisition takes place when one company takes over all of the operational management decisions of another. The more common interpretive distinction is whether the purchase is friendly (merger) or hostile (acquisition). In practice, friendly mergers of equals do not take place very frequently.