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Assume that both firm A and firm B formally agree to each put up $10 million to form firm C. The operations of firm C are restricted to conducting research and development activities for the benefit of firms A and B. Firm C is a _____ of firms A and B.

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Answer: a. joint venture.

Step-by-step explanation:

A Joint Venture refers to when 2 or more entities come together and put up resources necessary to accomplish a certain task or venture that will be beneficial to all of them.

For example, BMW and Toyota jointly started research into utilizing hydrogen fuels and Google cooperated with NASA to create Google Earth.

Firm C is a Joint venture between Firms A and B.

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