answer the following questions with a paragraph each

1) What are the costs of vertical integration?

2) How are mergers different from acquisitions?

3) What are the possible causes of corporate decline?

4) What are some recommendations for handling downsizing strategies?

5) A Corporate Strategy is concerned with the choices of what business(es) the organization is in or wants to be in, and what it wants to do with those businesses.  If you personally had to develop a venture idea meaning a business that you would embark upon, what would it be and why?  What would be your core competency meaning what would set your business apart from your competitors?  What would you do or have differently?  Explain.