Successful acquisitions come under certain categories:
(i) Pick winners early and help them develop their business;
(ii) Get skills or technologies faster or at lower cost than they can be built;
(iii) Consolidate to remove competitors from the industry;
(iv) Improve the acquired company's performance.
Which of these categories are successful acquisitions?

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The categories of successful acquisitions listed are i) pick winners early and help them develop their business, ii) get skills or technologies faster or at a lower cost than they can be built, and iv) improve the acquired company's performance. Choice C includes all three of these successful categories. Choice A includes category iii, which is the consolidation to remove competitors from the industry, but this can be risky and may not always result in a successful acquisition. Choice B includes category ii and iv, but not category i, which can be one of the most successful categories of acquisitions.

Successful Acquisitions Come Under Certain Categories