For Which Pair of Firms Would a Merger Be Horizontal

question 93

Multiple Choice

For which pair of firms would a merger be horizontal?

• A) Avis Rentals and United Airlines
• B) Rawlings and Nike
• C) Barnes and Noble and Wordsworth Booksellers
• D) Starbucks and Baskin and Robbins
• E) Samuel Adams and Samsonite

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