Answer:
Grease payments, Option A, are payments to ensure receiving the standard treatment that a business ought to receive from a foreign government, but might not due to the obstruction of a foreign official
Explanation:
Grease payment is like a bribe which is usually small in amount and is provided to a government official or to a businessman with the aim of expediting a business decision. It may also be used in case any shipment or any transaction needs to be expedited.
Grease payments do not change the result of the foreign official's decision, under FCPA. If it changes the consequence, then it is considered a bribe. In that case, grease payments become illegal. It also depends on the amount given to the official and their frequency to decide if it is illegal.
A. 1% increase in the price of the good causes the supply curve to shift upward by 4 percent.
Answer:
a. Vertical
Explanation:
The vertical acquisition means the acquisition where the company purchased one of the suppliers. Like the manufacturing company buys the product i.e. not fully developed so here for fully developed the company purchased out its supplier so this we called as a vertical acquisition
Now as per the given situation since the food markets would be purchased Meat processors so this represent the vertical acquistion
hence, the correct option is a.