Synergies
Operating synergies are commonplace in mergers, because there can be substantial synergies resulting from them. Administrative divisions that duplicate each other's work can be reduced in order to produce a more efficient organization. Another example would be when a company is able to utilize an existing asset (like a salesforce) to improve the new company's business. An example of this can be found with the mega-merger between Anheuser-Busch and InBev. The two companies were able to combine production operations, but also use each other's sales forces around the world to enhance the ability of the combined firm to sell the company's...
The United-Continental merger, by combining rewards programs in particular, lowered United's cost of attracting new customers because Continental customers were at that point a captive audience. The combined airline also has lower cost of access at key airports and for jet fuel as…
