The scene is a campus security office, where two students are being questioned. a few minutes earlier, they were engaged in a fistfight in the cafeteria. the campus police ask them again and again how the fight started. the stories conflict. because each student seems genuinely convinced that the other one was the aggressor and there were no witnesses, the campus police have no hope of discovering the truth. but is there a truth to discover? or are there two truths one for each student story?

Fortress international, a large conglomerate, procures a few component parts from external suppliers and also manufactures some of the key raw materials in its own subsidiaries. aside from this, the company does not solely depend on outside distributors to reach its customers. in fact, it has its own retail stores to distribute its products. in this scenario, which of the following alternatives to vertical integration is fortress international applying? a. concentric integration b. taper integration c. horizontal integration d. conglomerate integration