If a steel company and an ice cream company decide to merge, this merger would be classified as:

a. a horizontal merger.
b. a vertical merger.
c. a conglomerate merger.
d. either a horizontal or vertical merger, depending on the nationality of the companies.
e. either a horizontal or vertical merger, depending on the market shares of the two companies.

c

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