Refer to the Scenario Below to Answer the Following Questions

question 142

Multiple Choice

Refer to the scenario below to answer the following questions.
Clubhouse Gourmet -A- (Scenario)
Imagine that you are the president of Clubhouse Gourmet, a successful chain of fast-food restaurants with 60 locations across Canada. The success you have experienced in the last five years has you considering various options about what to do next with the business. Should you continue to expand the business at the current rate? Or perhaps open new and different restaurants? What should you do?
-If you decided to purchase a chain of five home furnishing stores because it was a good investment, this would be considered which strategy?

• A) horizontal integration
• B) unrelated differentiation
• C) related diversification
• D) unrelated diversification
• E) vertical integration

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Definitions:

Bond Issuing

The process by which a borrower (corporate or governmental) raises funds by selling bonds to investors.

Coupon Rate

The interest rate stated on a bond or other fixed-income security, determining the periodic interest payments to the bondholders.

Discount

The reduction applied to the face value of a bond or the lower than market price of an asset.

Par Value

The face value of a bond or stock as stated by the issuing company, which may differ from its market value.