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Especially in the highest band of production systems, merger and acquisition (M&A) operations are the main means of growth, and are usually intended to expand the corporate structure through policies of both production integration and strategic diversification.

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© 2010 Roberto Bottiglia, Elisabetta Gualandri and Gian Nereo Mazzocco

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Bottiglia, R., Gualandri, E., Mazzocco, G.N. (2010). Consolidation in the Financial Industry. In: Bottiglia, R., Gualandri, E., Mazzocco, G.N. (eds) Consolidation in the European Financial Industry. Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230275027_1

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