(3) Underscore the strong presumption that vertical mergers (mergers involving firms at different levels of the distribution chain, such as manufacturers and retailers) are efficient. Second ...

Citations: McCareins, Mark. 2019. How to Navigate a Vertical Merger after the ATT and Time Warner Ruling. Kellogg Insight.

The US Federal Trade Commission is likely to have bipartisan support to keep filing cases to block anticompetitive mergers under the Trump administration, said Henry Liu, the outgoing director of the ...

Types of mergers and acquisitions include horizontal, market extension, vertical, conglomerate, and congeneric. A horizontal merger’s purpose is to gain market share through consolidation.