Which of the Following Would Not Limit the Extent of a Firm's

question 168

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would not limit the extent of a firm's vertical integration?

• A)the managers' bounded rationality
• B)a large minimum efficient scale of producing inputs relative to the firm's input requirements
• C)the fact that the quality of inputs is easily determined at the time of purchase
• D)many interchangeable suppliers of the firm's inputs
• E)high transaction costs of contracting with resource suppliers

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