Merger when the target firm`s management and board of directors is in favor of the takeover. Antithesis of hostile takeover.
The 'stickiness' involved in making transactions; the total process including time, effort, money, a
An acquisition of one company by another in which the boards of both companies agree to the terms of the transaction.
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[n] - a takeover that is welcomed by the management of the target company
noun a takeover that is welcomed by the management of the target company