Backward Integration Is Effective in All of These Cases EXCEPT

question 76

Multiple Choice

Backward integration is effective in all of these cases EXCEPT

• A) when an organization competes in an industry that is growing rapidly.
• B) when an organization has both capital and human resources to manage the new business of supplying its own raw materials.
• C) when an organization needs to acquire a needed resource quickly.
• D) when the advantages of stable prices are not particularly important.
• E) when present suppliers have high profit margins.

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