En el competitivo mundo de los negocios, el tamaño importa. Una de las motivaciones más importantes para adquirir otras compañías es ganar escala. Las empresas más grandes compiten mejor en el mercado global. Cuando las empresas unen fuerzas, también pueden aprovechar los recursos y habilidades de las demás, lo que reduce los costos y aumenta la eficiencia. Pero la principal fuerza impulsora detrás de las fusiones es irrumpir en los mercados extranjeros, donde los ingresos y el volumen pueden incrementarse significativamente. En esta lección aprenderemos vocabulario en inglés relacionado con las fusiones y adquisiciones en inglés y las ventas.
| Términos | Traducción | Significado |
| stake | participación | the share that an investor has in a particular company |
| majority stake | participación mayoritaria | the right to control a company because you own more shares than all the other shareholders together; when one investor has more than 50 percent of the shares of the company, this gives them control over how it is run |
| minority stake | participación minoritaria | an investor who owns less than 50 percent of the shares of the company |
| joint venture | empresa conjunta | an arrangement between two or more companies to work together on a particular project; they may remain separate companies or form a new company |
| Términos | Traducción | Significado |
| merger | fusión | a situation when two or more companies join together to make one larger company |
| de-merged | disolución | to divide the company into two or more parts, or to separate from a larger company |
| restructuring | reestructuración | the act of organizing a company or business in a new way to make it more productive |
| friendly bid | oferta amistosa | an offer to buy a company that is not opposed by the directors or owners of the company that the bid is for |
| hostile bid | oferta hostil | a situation where a company offers to buy another company whose owners do not want to sell it |
| takeover | adquisición | a situation where one company gets control of another company by buying enough shares |
| acquisition | adquisición | something that a company buys (building, land or another company) |
| predator | compañía depredadora | a company that buys or tries to buy a company that is weaker in financial position |
| white knight | caballero blanco; salvador | a person or organization that saves a company from a financial difficulty or possible takeover |
| poison pill | píldora venenosa | something that a company does to make itself less attractive to another company that might want to buy it |
| Términos | Traducción | Significado |
| conglomerate | conglomerado; consorcio | a company that owns several smaller businesses whose products and services are different |
| parent company | compañía madre | a company that controls other smaller companies |
| subsidiary company | compañía subsidiaria | a company that is owned by a larger company |
| non-core assets | activos no esenciales | assets that are not essential or no longer used in the company’s operations |
| divestment | desinversión | the act of selling off a business or of no longer investing money in something |
| sell-off | venta; liquidación | a sale of an unwanted business at a lower price to encourage someone to buy it |
Ejercicios de vocabulario sobre fusiones, adquisiciones y ventas en inglés
Elige la respuesta correcta para completar la oración.
ABC Inc., XYZ Corp. and IDEA Company have different products and services, but they belong to MYS Holdings. They are a part of a __________. (conglomerate)
a.conglomerate b. sole company c. corporation
In MSY Holdings, the main company is DATAMEX. It is the ______ of ABC Inc., XYZ Corp. and IDEA Company. (parent company)
a.parent company b. sole company c. subsidiary company
ABC Inc., XYZ Corp. and IDEA Company are considered ______ of DATAMEX. (subsidiary companies)
a.parent companies b. subsidiary companies c. sole companies
DATAMEX is into retailing. They acquired LEGACY, an insurance company, but it’s not doing well and is no longer essential in its retailing operations. It is considered a __________. (non-core asset)
a.non-core asset b. fixed asset c. cash asset
Since LEGACY, an insurance company, is no longer wanted in DATAMEX, which is into retailing, the latter decided to _____ it off at a lower price to encourage buyers. (sell)
a.sell b. give d. take
Rellena los huecos con los términos correctos.
- A _____ is share that an investor has in a particular company. (stake)
- When one investor has more than 50 percent of the shares of the company. This investor has the _________. (majority stake)
- When an investor has less than 50 percent of the shares of the company. This investor has the ________. (minority stake)
- A ______ is an arrangement between two or more companies to work together on a particular project. (joint venture)
- _______ is act of selling off a business which or of no longer investing money in something. (Divestment)
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Ejercicio de speaking sobre fusiones y adquisiciones en inglés
- Are mergers and takeovers common in your area of business?
- What famous companies in your country have merged?
- What famous company in your country has taken over other companies?
- What are some of the famous conglomerates in your country? Name their parent companies.
- Among the famous mergers and takeovers in your country, what are some of the successful ones?