A Situation of Vertical Integration Where a Firm Does Not

question 19

Multiple Choice

A situation of vertical integration where a firm does not use any outside input for all the stages of the main production process is called:

• A)Full vertical integration
• B)Partial vertical integration
• C)Hybrid vertical integration
• D)Inverted vertical integration

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