An Athletic Shoe Company Creating Its Own Stores Where It

question 16

Multiple Choice

An athletic shoe company creating its own stores where it sells only its own brand is an example of which of the following?

• A)forward vertical integration
• B)backward horizontal integration
• C)forward horizontal integration
• D)reverse vertical integration

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Definitions:

Interbreeding Populations

Groups of the same species that are capable of reproducing together, sharing a common gene pool.

Reproductive Isolation

A collection of mechanisms, behaviors, and physiological processes that prevent the members of two different species from producing offspring, or ensure that any offspring are sterile.

Speciation

Emergence of a new species.