As owner and senior accountant at a tax preparation firm, mark is changing the work schedule of all employees, including managers and accountants, for the months of march and april, the company's busiest time. he is requiring everyone to work on weekends, just as he has during the tax-preparation season for the last ten years. mark should expect that his employees will be

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