複ふく合ごう企き業ぎょう

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

conglomerate; group of companies

A business term for a large corporation made up of diverse, often unrelated, subsidiaries operating under a single parent company.

• その複ふく合ごう企き業ぎょうは、食しょく品ひんから金きん融ゆうまで幅はば広ひろい事じ業ぎょうを展てん開かいしている。

  That conglomerate operates a wide range of businesses, from food to finance.

• 複ふく合ごう企き業ぎょうの経けい営えい戦せん略りゃくは多た角かく化かが鍵かぎとなる。

  Diversification is key to a conglomerate's management strategy.