Across
- 7. A form of vertical integration where a company expands its role to fulfill tasks formerly completed by businesses up the supply chain.
- 9. A form of corporate restructuring in which the entity’s business operations are segregated into one or more components.
- 10. The cost advantage that arises with increased output of a product.
- 11. Cost savings that result from external factors outside a company’s control, such as industry growth.
Down
- 1. Increased costs that result from external factors outside a company’s control, such as industry decline.
- 2. A corporation that is made up of a number of different, seemingly unrelated businesses.
- 3. The process of gaining control of another company by purchase or stock exchange.
- 4. The level of production that minimizes the average total cost.
- 5. Expansion of a company’s operations through mergers, acquisitions, or partnerships.
- 6. The combination of two companies to form a new company.
- 8. The point at which a company no longer experiences economies of scale and instead sees an increase in per-unit costs.
