A tobacco company, facing increased government intervention and regulation, diversified its assets by buying a textile manufacturer, a gold mine, and a shopping mall. Although each business had its own management team, the parent company provided oversight control. The tobacco company would have formed a

A) strategic alliance.
B) maquiladoras.
C) value-chain partnership.
D) conglomerate.

Ans: D) conglomerate.

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