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A 20 page paper discussing reasons for so much consolidation occurring now, its benefits and consequences. One of the hallmarks of the "new" economy is that intense consolidation is taking place in most industries. Fragmentation results from myriad companies working in the same industry developing their own forms of operation and approach to their businesses. When those companies come to believe it advisable that they combine forces, the melding of their respective corporate cultures is an aspect of their merger that must be met with as much analysis and consideration as that given to financial reports and current business results. This is true in any industry, including heating, ventilation and air conditioning. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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File: CC6_KS-HVAC.doc
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both third-generation family businesses, begun as one-man operations in the 1950s and grown through ensuing decades to status as significant local corporate entities. Modern Heating specializes in residential heating
systems; Acme Air Conditioning specializes in new construction commercial air conditioning and ventilation systems. The grandchildren of the founders of each have come to considering merging their companies, following
a trend that has become common in their industry. One of the hallmarks of the "new" economy is that intense consolidation is taking
place in most industries. Fragmentation results from myriad companies working in the same industry developing their own forms of operation and approach to their businesses. When those companies
come to believe it advisable that they combine forces, the melding of their respective corporate cultures is an aspect of their merger that must be met with as much analysis
and consideration as that given to financial reports and current business results. This is true in any industry, including heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC).
Prevalence of Consolidation Mergers and acquisitions have become so common that their practice is a recognized method of achieving
growth. Regardless of which direction companies expect mergers involving them to take, most do expect to be directly involved in some sort of consolidation effort: In a recent
merger and acquisition survey of 159 privately held companies nationwide with annual sales of less than $5 million to more than $50 million, 122 or 77 percent reported that they
expect to acquire another company or be acquired themselves within the next few years (Ferrendelli, 1999; p. 14). One of the underlying
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