Two years ago, Jason Jennings and Mary Scott each owned a small chain of bagel restaurants in Orange County, California. Just recently, they decided to pool their interests and combine their individual chains of restaurants into one chain. What Jason and Mary did with their firms is called a (n) :

What Jason Jennings and Mary Scott did with there firm is called merger.

Explanation:

Merger is when two existing independent business entities come together to become one entity. Some of the possible reasons Jason Jennings and Mary Scott decided to merge are:

To enjoy the economy of large scale production

The take advantage of synergy associated with merger

To reduce fixed cost

To make their business more competitive e. t. c.