An electronics company purchases a food company.This is an example of:

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This is an example of conglomerate integration because the two companies are in completely unrelated industries. Vertical integration occurs when a company acquires another company in the same supply chain, while horizontal integration occurs when a company acquires a competitor in the same industry. Cointegration refers to the statistical relationship between two different time series, so it does not apply here.

An Electronics Company Purchases a Food Company