美国的五次企业兼并浪潮及其特点美国长期以来,是世界经济的“火车头”。从上世纪末以来,前后出现了五次企业兼并浪潮,都是先在美国兴起,进而席卷全球的。随着资本主义企业制度演变为以股份制为主之后,兼并收购活动掀起了一次又一次的巨浪,对资本主义经济和产业结构产生了深远的影响。 The Five Waves of Mergers and Acquisitions in the United States and Their Characteristics The United States has long been the “engine” of the world economy. Since the end of the last century, there have been five rounds of mergers and acquisitions before and after the rise of the United States. They have first risen in the United States and have swept the world. With the evolution of the capitalist enterprise system to dominate the joint-stock system, mergers and acquisitions have caused waves of waves that have had a profound impact on the capitalist economy and industrial structure.