Across
- 3. acquisitions acquisitions made to support long-term business goals
- 4. purchases of one company by another
- 6. businesses companies controlled and operated by founding families
- 8. integration merging with suppliers or distributors to control more of the supply chain
- 10. the act of getting rid of a business or asset
- 14. to sell or get rid of part of a business
- 16. businesses activities not central to a company’s main objectives
- 17. sold or eliminated from the company’s operations
- 18. to sell a business unit or asset
- 21. to combine two companies into one
- 22. the process of selling off non-core parts of a business
- 24. sold off to focus on core activities
- 25. done within the organization rather than outsourced
- 26. offering potential for growth or profitability
- 28. or buy decision whether to produce internally or purchase externally
- 29. new companies entering a market or industry
- 31. on to focus resources or effort on a specific area
- 32. large South Korean family-owned business groups
Down
- 1. the ability of a business to generate earnings
- 2. share the percentage of sales a company holds in its market
- 5. conglomerate a large, complex group of businesses that is hard to manage
- 7. players the most influential or dominant companies in a market
- 9. business the main or most profitable activity of a company
- 11. actively seeking to acquire other companies
- 12. entry barriers obstacles that make it hard for new firms to enter a market
- 13. theory the idea of managing a range of businesses to reduce risk
- 15. a market with many small competitors and no clear leader
- 19. companies controlled by a parent company
- 20. the act of putting money into something for future return
- 23. entry barriers easy conditions for new firms to enter an industry
- 27. the act of one company gaining control of another
- 30. a market dominated by a few large firms