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Business integrations including mergers, acquisitions and takeovers bring benefits such as synergy and higher market share, but may cause problems.

So, how do we measure the success of integrations? In fact, the success of mergers, acquisitions and takeovers depends on several factors. 

Let’s take a look at different types of business integrations when merging with, acquiring or taking over another business.

External Growth (or inorganic growth) occurs through dealings with other businesses outside the organization. It is usually achieved by merging, acquiring or taking over another company.

Because the costs of External Growth are considerably high, it means that Internal Growth is the only suitable method of growth for many firms on the market.

Internal Growth is financed through a combination of retained profits, borrowing money, asking shareholders to contribute more capital or issuing new shares.

Internal Growth occurs when a business grows organically using its own resources to increase the scale of operations. Internal growth is typically slower.

Business growth is quite straightforward. Businesses can grow in two different ways, either through Internal Growth or External Growth.

Despite the benefits of being a small business, many large businesses are extremely successful and thrive for several important reasons. 

Despite the benefits of being a large business, small businesses can be very successful too, and thrive for several important reasons. 

Diseconomies of scale that result from running a very large business organization can be avoided by using different approaches to management.

External diseconomies of scale are diseconomies of scale that occur within the industry (outside the firm) and are largely beyond an individual firm’s control. 

Internal diseconomies of scale are diseconomies of scale that occur inside the firm and are within its control.

Many people believe that the bigger the business, the better for the owners. It is not entirely true.

External economies of scale occur when cost per unit of output depends on the size of the industry. They are cost-saving benefits of large-scale operations arising from outside the business.