Ford Motor Company's use of company resources to build its River Rouge Plant outside of Detroit so that iron ore could enter into one end of the plant and a finished automobile could exit out of the other end is called
A) vertical growth.
B) tapered integration.
C) horizontal integration.
D) external vertical integration.
E) quasi-integration.

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Ford Motor Company's use of company resources to build its River Rouge Plant outside of Detroit so that iron ore could enter into one end of the plant and a finished automobile could exit out of the other end is an example of vertical growth, also known as vertical integration. Vertical integration occurs when a company expands its operations to control the entire supply chain of its product, from the raw materials to the finished product.

Ford Motor Company's Use of Company Resources to Build Its