________ Increases Costs and Forces Companies to Raise the Prices

question 35

Multiple Choice

________ increases costs and forces companies to raise the prices of their products.

• A)Licensing
• B)Forward vertical integration
• C)Backward vertical integration
• D)Hypercompetition
• E)Differentiation

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