At Its Simplest Level, a Joint Venture May Be Thought

question 55

Multiple Choice

At its simplest level, a joint venture may be thought of as:

• A) a merger of two companies.
• B) an acquisition of a smaller company by a larger company.
• C) a form of strategic outsourcing.
• D) a sign of weakness on the part of one of the companies.
• E) pooling of resources by two or more firms to create new business.

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Definitions:

Aa

An abbreviation often used in genetics to denote a homozygous recessive genotype.

Homozygous Genotype

A genetic condition where an individual has two identical alleles for a particular trait.

AA

A common abbreviation for amino acids, which are the building blocks of proteins in biology.

Aa

Refers to the genotype consisting of one dominant allele and one recessive allele for a particular gene, resulting in an intermediate phenotype in incomplete dominance.