Holding companies’ strategies and their distinction from large organizations, investment, trust and merger

Abstract

The differences among various types of companies’ associations including merger, consolidation, resource sharing, etc, and their difference from holdings, and similarities of holding companies and investment companies in terms of utilizing their own resources and acquisition of profit, have made these companies unknown and unfamiliar in Iran. In this study, attempt was made to review and differentiate holdings from investment companies, larger companies, trust, merger, and consolidation, and the existing differences among them in addition to introduce holding companies.