The Acquisition of Sun Microsystems (A Computer Hardware Producer) by Oracle

question 118

Multiple Choice

The acquisition of Sun Microsystems (a computer hardware producer) by Oracle Corporation (a software firm) is an example of a(n) :

• A) vertical acquisition.
• B) unrelated acquisition.
• C) horizontal acquisition.
• D) merger of equals.

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