Economics 2281 · O Level · Market structure

Market structure — practice question

During 2015, a major UK firm tried to buy a competing US medical firm so that it could become the world’s top supplier. The two firms both focused on producing medicines used to treat rare diseases. Which term would be used to describe the acquisition if it had succeeded?

  • Abackwards vertical integration
  • Bconglomerate integration
  • Cforwards vertical integration
  • Dhorizontal integration

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