A Vertical Merger Takes Place When

question 91

Multiple Choice

A vertical merger takes place when

• A)a firm acquires a conglomerate.
• B)a firm acquires a competitor.
• C)a firm integrates its production backward toward its source of supply or forward in its marketing chain.
• D)firms merge in order to diversify.

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Definitions:

Observable Employee Behaviors

Actions or conduct of employees that can be seen and assessed by others in the workplace.

Reinforcer

In behavioral psychology, a stimulus that increases the probability of a preceding behavior being repeated when it follows that behavior.

Voluntary Behaviors

Actions that individuals choose to perform of their own free will, without being influenced by external forces or pressures.

Operants

Behaviors that are controlled or modified by their consequences, a concept central to operant conditioning in behavioral psychology.