large conglomerate
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflargeandconglomerate
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large
adjective
uk/lɑːdʒ/us/lɑːrdʒ/
big in size ...
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conglomerate
noun
uk/kənˈɡlɒm.ər.ət/us/kənˈɡlɑː.mɚ.ət/
a company that owns several smaller businesses whose products or services are usually ...
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(Definition oflargeandconglomeratefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I was a manager in industry at that time and it was generally thought thatlargeconglomerateorganisations were the appropriate way to growth.
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It is not a small branch of alargeconglomerate.
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It is alargeconglomerateof many interests.
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That firm had languished in alargeconglomerate, but, after a management buy-out a few years ago, its performance has been transformed.
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What hope is there for effective regulation if a privatised utility is taken over by alargeconglomerate?
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What worries me is when alargeconglomeratewith some subsidiaries decides to fold one to the advantage of another.
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They have the opportunity to do so—now, such companies will not necessarily be swallowed up and become part of yet another branch of alargeconglomerate.
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The creation oflargeconglomeratecompanies can give rise to concern because of possible indirect effects on competition and because of their implications for national industrial efficiency.
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However,largeconglomerate"chaebols" continuously received preferential treatment and came to dominate the domestic market.
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Attempted buyouts bylargeconglomeratebreweries have all been unsuccessful.
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First, the last three administrations were unwilling or unable to supervise the behaviour of large conglomerates.
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Moderately tight credit and subsidy policy, weak enforcement of bankruptcy legislation and little action to break up large conglomerates.
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These predators are selecting stocks in various large conglomerates, and are not clear on competitive positions, on profits, cash flow, shareholder value, and prospects for sustainable growth.
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This involved devolving power to small units and for both economic and political purposes avoiding all large conglomerates.
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What an extraordinary argument in this day of the large conglomerates who very often own a large number of quite disparate companies.
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One can remember the growth of large conglomerates in the private sector which are now no doubt being unbundled as management fashions change.
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It taxes the interest on the savings of the small investor and the small saver and eases the tax burden on companies and large conglomerates.
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However, the trouble is that large conglomerates can end up by being more, rather than less, expensive.
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The main concern about competition policy has been the growth in recent years of large conglomerates which seek to dominate sectors of the market.
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Increasingly, our high streets are dominated by four or five large conglomerates.
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