Assume that HotLap, Inc., a manufacturer of laptop computers, is considering a merger with SassyChips, a leading producer of computer chips. HotLap believes such a merger would benefit their business by giving them a guaranteed steady supply of the chips they need to make their laptops, and more control over the way those chips are designed. If this merger occurs, it would be an example of: [Select all that apply]

contract manufacturing.

a vertical merger.

a conglomerate merger.

a franchise arrangement.

a horizontal merger.

a leveraged buyout.