Joining 2 companies into one. The process is a little more than simply combining as the process has to be one that the voting stakeholders will agree to and accept. Regulatory agencies will often be a part of the process as well.

 

"Our merger with one of our competitors gave us a larger share of our customer base than we had before."

 

"The Merger between Bell Atlantic and GTE was quite an involved process that resulted in Verizon due to all the stakeholders involved (including customers, communications regulations, and the directors of both companies)."

 

"Activision Blizzard was the result of the Vivendi/Activision merger and should have little impact on the customers of Blizzard Entertainment."

 

"There have been a number of mergers in the banking industry."