Chapter 1. Market Scope & Methodology
1.1 Market Definition
1.2 Objectives
1.3 Market Scope
1.4 Segmentation
1.4.1 Global Graph Database Market, by Type
1.4.2 Global Graph Database Market, by Vertical
1.4.3 Global Graph Database Market, by Component
1.4.4 Global Graph Database Market, by Deployment Type
1.4.5 Global Graph Database Market, by Organization Size
1.4.6 Global Graph Database Market, by Application
1.4.7 Global Graph Database Market, by Geography
1.5 Methodology for the research
Chapter 2. Market Overview
2.1 Introduction
2.1.1 Overview
2.1.1.1 Market composition and scenario
2.2 Key Factors Impacting the Market
2.2.1 Market Drivers
2.2.2 Market Restraints
Chapter 3. Strategies Deployed in Graph Database Market
Chapter 4. Global Graph Database Market by Type
4.1 Global Labeled Property Graph Market by Region
4.2 Global Resource Description Framework Market by Region
Chapter 5. Global Graph Database Market by Vertical
5.1 Global BFSI Market by Region
5.2 Global Telecom & IT Market by Region
5.3 Global Manufacturing & Automotive Market by Region
5.4 Global Retail & Ecommerce Market by Region
5.5 Global Government & Public Sector Market by Region
5.6 Global Healthcare & Life Sciences Market by Region
5.7 Global Media & Entertainment Market by Region
5.8 Global Energy & Utilities Market by Region
5.9 Global Travel & Hospitality Market by Region
5.1 Global Transportation & Logistics Market by Region
5.11 Global Other Vertical Market by Region
Chapter 6. Global Graph Database Market by Component
6.1 Global Software Market by Region
6.2 Global Services Market by Region
Chapter 7. Global Graph Database Market by Deployment Type
7.1 Global On-premise Market by Region
7.2 Global Cloud Market by Region
Chapter 8. Global Graph Database Market by Organization Size
8.1 Global Large Enterprises Market by Region
8.2 Global Small & Medium Enterprises Market by Region
Chapter 9. Global Graph Database Market by Application
9.1 Global Fraud Detection & Prevention Market by Region
9.2 Global Risk, Compliance & Reporting Management Market by Region
9.3 Global Supply Chain Management, Operations Management & Asset Management Market by Region
9.4 Global Knowledge Management, Content Management, Data Extraction & Search Market by Region
9.5 Global Customer Analytics & Recommendation Engines Market by Region
9.6 Global Infrastructure Management, IoT, Industry 4.0 Market by Region
9.7 Global Scientific Data Management, Metadata & Master Data Management Market by Region
9.8 Global Others Market by Region
Chapter 10. Global Graph Database Market by Region
10.1 North America Graph Database Market
10.1.1 North America Graph Database Market by Type
10.1.1.1 North America Labeled Property Graph Market by Country
10.1.1.2 North America Resource Description Framework Market by Country
10.1.2 North America Graph Database Market by Vertical
10.1.2.1 North America BFSI Market by Country
10.1.2.2 North America Telecom & IT Market by Country
10.1.2.3 North America Manufacturing & Automotive Market by Country
10.1.2.4 North America Retail & Ecommerce Market by Country
10.1.2.5 North America Government & Public Sector Market by Country
10.1.2.6 North America Healthcare & Life Sciences Market by Country
10.1.2.7 North America Media & Entertainment Market by Country
10.1.2.8 North America Energy & Utilities Market by Country
10.1.2.9 North America Travel & Hospitality Market by Country
10.1.2.10 North America Transportation & Logistics Market by Country
10.1.2.11 North America Other Vertical Market by Country
10.1.3 North America Graph Database Market by Component
10.1.3.1 North America Software Market by Country
10.1.3.2 North America Services Market by Country
10.1.4 North America Graph Database Market by Deployment Type
10.1.4.1 North America On-premise Market by Country
10.1.4.2 North America Cloud Market by Country
10.1.5 North America Graph Database Market by Organization Size
10.1.5.1 North America Large Enterprises Market by Country
10.1.5.2 North America Small & Medium Enterprises Market by Country
10.1.6 North America Graph Database Market by Application
10.1.6.1 North America Fraud Detection & Prevention Market by Country
10.1.6.2 North America Risk, Compliance & Reporting Management Market by Country
10.1.6.3 North America Supply Chain Management, Operations Management & Asset Management Market by Country
10.1.6.4 North America Knowledge Management, Content Management, Data Extraction & Search Market by Country
10.1.6.5 North America Customer Analytics & Recommendation Engines Market by Country
10.1.6.6 North America Infrastructure Management, IoT, Industry 4.0 Market by Country
10.1.6.7 North America Scientific Data Management, Metadata & Master Data Management Market by Country
10.1.6.8 North America Others Market by Country
10.1.7 North America Graph Database Market by Country
10.1.7.1 US Graph Database Market
10.1.7.1.1 US Graph Database Market by Type
10.1.7.1.2 US Graph Database Market by Vertical
10.1.7.1.3 US Graph Database Market by Component
10.1.7.1.4 US Graph Database Market by Deployment Type
10.1.7.1.5 US Graph Database Market by Organization Size
10.1.7.1.6 US Graph Database Market by Application
10.1.7.2 Canada Graph Database Market
10.1.7.2.1 Canada Graph Database Market by Type
10.1.7.2.2 Canada Graph Database Market by Vertical
10.1.7.2.3 Canada Graph Database Market by Component
10.1.7.2.4 Canada Graph Database Market by Deployment Type
10.1.7.2.5 Canada Graph Database Market by Organization Size
10.1.7.2.6 Canada Graph Database Market by Application
10.1.7.3 Mexico Graph Database Market
10.1.7.3.1 Mexico Graph Database Market by Type
10.1.7.3.2 Mexico Graph Database Market by Vertical
10.1.7.3.3 Mexico Graph Database Market by Component
10.1.7.3.4 Mexico Graph Database Market by Deployment Type
10.1.7.3.5 Mexico Graph Database Market by Organization Size
10.1.7.3.6 Mexico Graph Database Market by Application
10.1.7.4 Rest of North America Graph Database Market
10.1.7.4.1 Rest of North America Graph Database Market by Type
10.1.7.4.2 Rest of North America Graph Database Market by Vertical
10.1.7.4.3 Rest of North America Graph Database Market by Component
10.1.7.4.4 Rest of North America Graph Database Market by Deployment Type
10.1.7.4.5 Rest of North America Graph Database Market by Organization Size
10.1.7.4.6 Rest of North America Graph Database Market by Application
10.2 Europe Graph Database Market
10.2.1 Europe Graph Database Market by Type
10.2.1.1 Europe Labeled Property Graph Market by Country
10.2.1.2 Europe Resource Description Framework Market by Country
10.2.2 Europe Graph Database Market by Vertical
10.2.2.1 Europe BFSI Market by Country
10.2.2.2 Europe Telecom & IT Market by Country
10.2.2.3 Europe Manufacturing & Automotive Market by Country
10.2.2.4 Europe Retail & Ecommerce Market by Country
10.2.2.5 Europe Government & Public Sector Market by Country
10.2.2.6 Europe Healthcare & Life Sciences Market by Country
10.2.2.7 Europe Media & Entertainment Market by Country
10.2.2.8 Europe Energy & Utilities Market by Country
10.2.2.9 Europe Travel & Hospitality Market by Country
10.2.2.10 Europe Transportation & Logistics Market by Country
10.2.2.11 Europe Other Vertical Market by Country
10.2.3 Europe Graph Database Market by Component
10.2.3.1 Europe Software Market by Country
10.2.3.2 Europe Services Market by Country
10.2.4 Europe Graph Database Market by Deployment Type
10.2.4.1 Europe On-premise Market by Country
10.2.4.2 Europe Cloud Market by Country
10.2.5 Europe Graph Database Market by Organization Size
10.2.5.1 Europe Large Enterprises Market by Country
10.2.5.2 Europe Small & Medium Enterprises Market by Country
10.2.6 Europe Graph Database Market by Application
10.2.6.1 Europe Fraud Detection & Prevention Market by Country
10.2.6.2 Europe Risk, Compliance & Reporting Management Market by Country
10.2.6.3 Europe Supply Chain Management, Operations Management & Asset Management Market by Country
10.2.6.4 Europe Knowledge Management, Content Management, Data Extraction & Search Market by Country
10.2.6.5 Europe Customer Analytics & Recommendation Engines Market by Country
10.2.6.6 Europe Infrastructure Management, IoT, Industry 4.0 Market by Country
10.2.6.7 Europe Scientific Data Management, Metadata & Master Data Management Market by Country
10.2.6.8 Europe Others Market by Country
10.2.7 Europe Graph Database Market by Country
10.2.7.1 Germany Graph Database Market
10.2.7.1.1 Germany Graph Database Market by Type
10.2.7.1.2 Germany Graph Database Market by Vertical
10.2.7.1.3 Germany Graph Database Market by Component
10.2.7.1.4 Germany Graph Database Market by Deployment Type
10.2.7.1.5 Germany Graph Database Market by Organization Size
10.2.7.1.6 Germany Graph Database Market by Application
10.2.7.2 UK Graph Database Market
10.2.7.2.1 UK Graph Database Market by Type
10.2.7.2.2 UK Graph Database Market by Vertical
10.2.7.2.3 UK Graph Database Market by Component
10.2.7.2.4 UK Graph Database Market by Deployment Type
10.2.7.2.5 UK Graph Database Market by Organization Size
10.2.7.2.6 UK Graph Database Market by Application
10.2.7.3 France Graph Database Market
10.2.7.3.1 France Graph Database Market by Type
10.2.7.3.2 France Graph Database Market by Vertical
10.2.7.3.3 France Graph Database Market by Component
10.2.7.3.4 France Graph Database Market by Deployment Type
10.2.7.3.5 France Graph Database Market by Organization Size
10.2.7.3.6 France Graph Database Market by Application
10.2.7.4 Russia Graph Database Market
10.2.7.4.1 Russia Graph Database Market by Type
10.2.7.4.2 Russia Graph Database Market by Vertical
10.2.7.4.3 Russia Graph Database Market by Component
10.2.7.4.4 Russia Graph Database Market by Deployment Type
10.2.7.4.5 Russia Graph Database Market by Organization Size
10.2.7.4.6 Russia Graph Database Market by Application
10.2.7.5 Spain Graph Database Market
10.2.7.5.1 Spain Graph Database Market by Type
10.2.7.5.2 Spain Graph Database Market by Vertical
10.2.7.5.3 Spain Graph Database Market by Component
10.2.7.5.4 Spain Graph Database Market by Deployment Type
10.2.7.5.5 Spain Graph Database Market by Organization Size
10.2.7.5.6 Spain Graph Database Market by Application
10.2.7.6 Italy Graph Database Market
10.2.7.6.1 Italy Graph Database Market by Type
10.2.7.6.2 Italy Graph Database Market by Vertical
10.2.7.6.3 Italy Graph Database Market by Component
10.2.7.6.4 Italy Graph Database Market by Deployment Type
10.2.7.6.5 Italy Graph Database Market by Organization Size
10.2.7.6.6 Italy Graph Database Market by Application
10.2.7.7 Rest of Europe Graph Database Market
10.2.7.7.1 Rest of Europe Graph Database Market by Type
10.2.7.7.2 Rest of Europe Graph Database Market by Vertical
10.2.7.7.3 Rest of Europe Graph Database Market by Component
10.2.7.7.4 Rest of Europe Graph Database Market by Deployment Type
10.2.7.7.5 Rest of Europe Graph Database Market by Organization Size
10.2.7.7.6 Rest of Europe Graph Database Market by Application
10.3 Asia Pacific Graph Database Market
10.3.1 Asia Pacific Graph Database Market by Type
10.3.1.1 Asia Pacific Labeled Property Graph Market by Country
10.3.1.2 Asia Pacific Resource Description Framework Market by Country
10.3.2 Asia Pacific Graph Database Market by Vertical
10.3.2.1 Asia Pacific BFSI Market by Country
10.3.2.2 Asia Pacific Telecom & IT Market by Country
10.3.2.3 Asia Pacific Manufacturing & Automotive Market by Country
10.3.2.4 Asia Pacific Retail & Ecommerce Market by Country
10.3.2.5 Asia Pacific Government & Public Sector Market by Country
10.3.2.6 Asia Pacific Healthcare & Life Sciences Market by Country
10.3.2.7 Asia Pacific Media & Entertainment Market by Country
10.3.2.8 Asia Pacific Energy & Utilities Market by Country
10.3.2.9 Asia Pacific Travel & Hospitality Market by Country
10.3.2.10 Asia Pacific Transportation & Logistics Market by Country
10.3.2.11 Asia Pacific Other Vertical Market by Country
10.3.3 Asia Pacific Graph Database Market by Component
10.3.3.1 Asia Pacific Software Market by Country
10.3.3.2 Asia Pacific Services Market by Country
10.3.4 Asia Pacific Graph Database Market by Deployment Type
10.3.4.1 Asia Pacific On-premise Market by Country
10.3.4.2 Asia Pacific Cloud Market by Country
10.3.5 Asia Pacific Graph Database Market by Organization Size
10.3.5.1 Asia Pacific Large Enterprises Market by Country
10.3.5.2 Asia Pacific Small & Medium Enterprises Market by Country
10.3.6 Asia Pacific Graph Database Market by Application
10.3.6.1 Asia Pacific Fraud Detection & Prevention Market by Country
10.3.6.2 Asia Pacific Risk, Compliance & Reporting Management Market by Country
10.3.6.3 Asia Pacific Supply Chain Management, Operations Management & Asset Management Market by Country
10.3.6.4 Asia Pacific Knowledge Management, Content Management, Data Extraction & Search Market by Country
10.3.6.5 Asia Pacific Customer Analytics & Recommendation Engines Market by Country
10.3.6.6 Asia Pacific Infrastructure Management, IoT, Industry 4.0 Market by Country
10.3.6.7 Asia Pacific Scientific Data Management, Metadata & Master Data Management Market by Country
10.3.6.8 Asia Pacific Others Market by Country
10.3.7 Asia Pacific Graph Database Market by Country
10.3.7.1 China Graph Database Market
10.3.7.1.1 China Graph Database Market by Type
10.3.7.1.2 China Graph Database Market by Vertical
10.3.7.1.3 China Graph Database Market by Component
10.3.7.1.4 China Graph Database Market by Deployment Type
10.3.7.1.5 China Graph Database Market by Organization Size
10.3.7.1.6 China Graph Database Market by Application
10.3.7.2 Japan Graph Database Market
10.3.7.2.1 Japan Graph Database Market by Type
10.3.7.2.2 Japan Graph Database Market by Vertical
10.3.7.2.3 Japan Graph Database Market by Component
10.3.7.2.4 Japan Graph Database Market by Deployment Type
10.3.7.2.5 Japan Graph Database Market by Organization Size
10.3.7.2.6 Japan Graph Database Market by Application
10.3.7.3 India Graph Database Market
10.3.7.3.1 India Graph Database Market by Type
10.3.7.3.2 India Graph Database Market by Vertical
10.3.7.3.3 India Graph Database Market by Component
10.3.7.3.4 India Graph Database Market by Deployment Type
10.3.7.3.5 India Graph Database Market by Organization Size
10.3.7.3.6 India Graph Database Market by Application
10.3.7.4 South Korea Graph Database Market
10.3.7.4.1 South Korea Graph Database Market by Type
10.3.7.4.2 South Korea Graph Database Market by Vertical
10.3.7.4.3 South Korea Graph Database Market by Component
10.3.7.4.4 South Korea Graph Database Market by Deployment Type
10.3.7.4.5 South Korea Graph Database Market by Organization Size
10.3.7.4.6 South Korea Graph Database Market by Application
10.3.7.5 Singapore Graph Database Market
10.3.7.5.1 Singapore Graph Database Market by Type
10.3.7.5.2 Singapore Graph Database Market by Vertical
10.3.7.5.3 Singapore Graph Database Market by Component
10.3.7.5.4 Singapore Graph Database Market by Deployment Type
10.3.7.5.5 Singapore Graph Database Market by Organization Size
10.3.7.5.6 Singapore Graph Database Market by Application
10.3.7.6 Malaysia Graph Database Market
10.3.7.6.1 Malaysia Graph Database Market by Type
10.3.7.6.2 Malaysia Graph Database Market by Vertical
10.3.7.6.3 Malaysia Graph Database Market by Component
10.3.7.6.4 Malaysia Graph Database Market by Deployment Type
10.3.7.6.5 Malaysia Graph Database Market by Organization Size
10.3.7.6.6 Malaysia Graph Database Market by Application
10.3.7.7 Rest of Asia Pacific Graph Database Market
10.3.7.7.1 Rest of Asia Pacific Graph Database Market by Type
10.3.7.7.2 Rest of Asia Pacific Graph Database Market by Vertical
10.3.7.7.3 Rest of Asia Pacific Graph Database Market by Component
10.3.7.7.4 Rest of Asia Pacific Graph Database Market by Deployment Type
10.3.7.7.5 Rest of Asia Pacific Graph Database Market by Organization Size
10.3.7.7.6 Rest of Asia Pacific Graph Database Market by Application
10.4 LAMEA Graph Database Market
10.4.1 LAMEA Graph Database Market by Type
10.4.1.1 LAMEA Labeled Property Graph Market by Country
10.4.1.2 LAMEA Resource Description Framework Market by Country
10.4.2 LAMEA Graph Database Market by Vertical
10.4.2.1 LAMEA BFSI Market by Country
10.4.2.2 LAMEA Telecom & IT Market by Country
10.4.2.3 LAMEA Manufacturing & Automotive Market by Country
10.4.2.4 LAMEA Retail & Ecommerce Market by Country
10.4.2.5 LAMEA Government & Public Sector Market by Country
10.4.2.6 LAMEA Healthcare & Life Sciences Market by Country
10.4.2.7 LAMEA Media & Entertainment Market by Country
10.4.2.8 LAMEA Energy & Utilities Market by Country
10.4.2.9 LAMEA Travel & Hospitality Market by Country
10.4.2.10 LAMEA Transportation & Logistics Market by Country
10.4.2.11 LAMEA Other Vertical Market by Country
10.4.3 LAMEA Graph Database Market by Component
10.4.3.1 LAMEA Software Market by Country
10.4.3.2 LAMEA Services Market by Country
10.4.4 LAMEA Graph Database Market by Deployment Type
10.4.4.1 LAMEA On-premise Market by Country
10.4.4.2 LAMEA Cloud Market by Country
10.4.5 LAMEA Graph Database Market by Organization Size
10.4.5.1 LAMEA Large Enterprises Market by Country
10.4.5.2 LAMEA Small & Medium Enterprises Market by Country
10.4.6 LAMEA Graph Database Market by Application
10.4.6.1 LAMEA Fraud Detection & Prevention Market by Country
10.4.6.2 LAMEA Risk, Compliance & Reporting Management Market by Country
10.4.6.3 LAMEA Supply Chain Management, Operations Management & Asset Management Market by Country
10.4.6.4 LAMEA Knowledge Management, Content Management, Data Extraction & Search Market by Country
10.4.6.5 LAMEA Customer Analytics & Recommendation Engines Market by Country
10.4.6.6 LAMEA Infrastructure Management, IoT, Industry 4.0 Market by Country
10.4.6.7 LAMEA Scientific Data Management, Metadata & Master Data Management Market by Country
10.4.6.8 LAMEA Others Market by Country
10.4.7 LAMEA Graph Database Market by Country
10.4.7.1 Brazil Graph Database Market
10.4.7.1.1 Brazil Graph Database Market by Type
10.4.7.1.2 Brazil Graph Database Market by Vertical
10.4.7.1.3 Brazil Graph Database Market by Component
10.4.7.1.4 Brazil Graph Database Market by Deployment Type
10.4.7.1.5 Brazil Graph Database Market by Organization Size
10.4.7.1.6 Brazil Graph Database Market by Application
10.4.7.2 Argentina Graph Database Market
10.4.7.2.1 Argentina Graph Database Market by Type
10.4.7.2.2 Argentina Graph Database Market by Vertical
10.4.7.2.3 Argentina Graph Database Market by Component
10.4.7.2.4 Argentina Graph Database Market by Deployment Type
10.4.7.2.5 Argentina Graph Database Market by Organization Size
10.4.7.2.6 Argentina Graph Database Market by Application
10.4.7.3 UAE Graph Database Market
10.4.7.3.1 UAE Graph Database Market by Type
10.4.7.3.2 UAE Graph Database Market by Vertical
10.4.7.3.3 UAE Graph Database Market by Component
10.4.7.3.4 UAE Graph Database Market by Deployment Type
10.4.7.3.5 UAE Graph Database Market by Organization Size
10.4.7.3.6 UAE Graph Database Market by Application
10.4.7.4 Saudi Arabia Graph Database Market
10.4.7.4.1 Saudi Arabia Graph Database Market by Type
10.4.7.4.2 Saudi Arabia Graph Database Market by Vertical
10.4.7.4.3 Saudi Arabia Graph Database Market by Component
10.4.7.4.4 Saudi Arabia Graph Database Market by Deployment Type
10.4.7.4.5 Saudi Arabia Graph Database Market by Organization Size
10.4.7.4.6 Saudi Arabia Graph Database Market by Application
10.4.7.5 South Africa Graph Database Market
10.4.7.5.1 South Africa Graph Database Market by Type
10.4.7.5.2 South Africa Graph Database Market by Vertical
10.4.7.5.3 South Africa Graph Database Market by Component
10.4.7.5.4 South Africa Graph Database Market by Deployment Type
10.4.7.5.5 South Africa Graph Database Market by Organization Size
10.4.7.5.6 South Africa Graph Database Market by Application
10.4.7.6 Nigeria Graph Database Market
10.4.7.6.1 Nigeria Graph Database Market by Type
10.4.7.6.2 Nigeria Graph Database Market by Vertical
10.4.7.6.3 Nigeria Graph Database Market by Component
10.4.7.6.4 Nigeria Graph Database Market by Deployment Type
10.4.7.6.5 Nigeria Graph Database Market by Organization Size
10.4.7.6.6 Nigeria Graph Database Market by Application
10.4.7.7 Rest of LAMEA Graph Database Market
10.4.7.7.1 Rest of LAMEA Graph Database Market by Type
10.4.7.7.2 Rest of LAMEA Graph Database Market by Vertical
10.4.7.7.3 Rest of LAMEA Graph Database Market by Component
10.4.7.7.4 Rest of LAMEA Graph Database Market by Deployment Type
10.4.7.7.5 Rest of LAMEA Graph Database Market by Organization Size
10.4.7.7.6 Rest of LAMEA Graph Database Market by Application
Chapter 11. Company Profiles
11.1 IBM Corporation
11.1.1 Company Overview
11.1.2 Financial Analysis
11.1.3 Regional & Segmental Analysis
11.1.4 Research & Development Expenses
11.1.5 SWOT Analysis
11.2 Amazon Web Services, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
11.2.1 Company Overview
11.2.2 Financial Analysis
11.2.3 Segmental and Regional Analysis
11.2.4 Recent strategies and developments:
11.2.4.1 Product Launches and Product Expansions:
11.3 Microsoft Corporation
11.3.1 Company Overview
11.3.2 Financial Analysis
11.3.3 Segmental and Regional Analysis
11.3.4 Research & Development Expenses
11.4 Oracle Corporation
11.4.1 Company Overview
11.4.2 Financial Analysis
11.4.3 Segmental and Regional Analysis
11.4.4 Research & Development Expense
11.4.5 Recent strategies and developments:
11.4.5.1 Product Launches and Product Expansions:
11.4.6 SWOT Analysis
11.5 SAP SE
11.5.1 Company Overview
11.5.2 Financial Analysis
11.5.3 Segmental and Regional Analysis
11.5.4 Research & Development Expense
11.5.5 SWOT Analysis
11.6 Teradata Corporation
11.6.1 Company Overview
11.6.2 Financial Analysis
11.6.3 Regional Analysis
11.6.4 Research & Development Expense
11.6.5 Recent strategies and developments:
11.6.5.1 Product Launches and Product Expansions:
11.6.6 SWOT Analysis
11.7 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company
11.7.1 Company Overview
11.7.2 Financial Analysis
11.7.3 Segmental and Regional Analysis
11.7.4 Research & Development Expense
11.7.5 Recent strategies and developments:
11.7.5.1 Partnerships, Collaborations, and Agreements:
11.7.6 SWOT Analysis
11.8 TigerGraph
11.8.1 Company Overview
11.8.2 Recent strategies and developments:
11.8.2.1 Product Launches and Product Expansions:
11.9 OpenLink Software, Inc.
11.9.1 Company Overview
11.9.2 Recent strategies and developments:
11.9.2.1 Product Launches and Product Expansions:
11.10. MarkLogic Corporation
11.10.1 Company Overview
11.10.2 Recent strategies and developments:
11.10.2.1 Acquisition and Mergers: