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subsidiarization; making into a subsidiary
The process of converting a company or business division into a subsidiary, typically through acquisition of a controlling stake or corporate restructuring.
A社がB社を子会社化した。
Company A turned Company B into a subsidiary.
株式の過半数を取得して子会社化する方針だ。
The plan is to acquire a majority stake and make it a subsidiary.
海外の企業を子会社化することで、グローバル展開を加速させる狙いがある。
By making overseas companies into subsidiaries, they aim to accelerate their global expansion.
Compound of 子会社 (subsidiary company) and the suffix 化 (turning into; -ization). The suffix ~化 is extremely productive in business Japanese for describing transformation processes.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 完全子会社化: making a wholly-owned subsidiary
- 子会社化を発表する: to announce subsidiarization
- 子会社化を検討する: to consider making into a subsidiary
- 買収による子会社化: subsidiarization through acquisition
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 買収: acquisition, the broader act of purchasing a company
- 合併: merger, combining two companies into one entity
- 分社化: spin-off, splitting off a division into its own company
- 吸収合併: absorption merger, one company absorbs another