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Consolidation usually refers to combining several different entities into one. When referring to business, this usually involves the combination of several smaller companies to create one larger company.
Statutory Merger
This refers the liquidation of an acquired company's asset to assure the survival of the acquiring company.
Statutory Consolidation
This is the form of business consolidation that refers to the merging of several smaller companies in which none of the pre-existing companies survive.
Stock Acquisition
This is a form of business consolidation in which a company purchases a majority of stock in another company. Both companies survive, but the acquiring company now has a great deal of control over the acquired company.
Amalgamation
This is the term used to refer the company that is acquired by another company through any of the previously mentioned forms of business consolidation.
Parent-Subsidiary Relationship
This refers to the relationship that exists between a company (parent) that acquires a majority of the stock in another company (subsidiary).
Source:
Business Planning and Consolidation
Resource:
Business.com
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