When the Campbell Soup Company Began to Manufacture Its Own

question 107

Multiple Choice

When the Campbell Soup Company began to manufacture its own cans to gain more control over a key production input, it was pursuing which corporate strategy?

• A) backward vertical integration
• B) forward vertical integration
• C) related diversification
• D) concentration
• E) horizontal integration

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