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Recent mergers examples
17th May 2016
A quick trawl through the Economist's "World This Week" section has provided a set of great examples relating to mergers and acquisitions - perfect for including in Unit 3 answers to demonstrate relevant application of business growth theory.
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Ruth Tarrant
Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.
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