Does Fellowship with God transpire in context of a ‘Merger’ or ‘Takeover’?

Mostly, two firms combine into one in either of two ways, namely via either of a ‘merger’ or a ‘takeover’. In a merger, in principle, the two companies merge as ‘equals’. Regardless, one of the two firms feasibly emerges as the dominant party. In stated respect, whereas Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand merged as ‘equals’ in 1998, the Price Waterhouse brand was the stronger brand, hence adoption of the new name, PricewaterhouseCoopers.

In a takeover, right from the onset, one firm has delineation as the acquiring firm, the other as the poorly performing firm that is in need of new infusions of ability, skills, resources, and capital. Naturally, relative to events that transpire consequent on mergers, fears of, and the probability of large layoffs are accentuated in context of takeovers.

Suppose a takeover is undertaken by a well meaning firm, that is, a firm whose intent is not destruction of the ethos of the firm that it acquires. While takeovers can lead to much loss of jobs, absent the well meaning takeover, the firm that is taken over feasibly goes totally bust, with outcome there is arrival at a much larger loss of jobs.

In presence of good intentions and actions that are well thought out, each of mergers or…