2. what is a conglomerate?
a the combination of two or more firms involved in different stages of
producing the same good or service
b a business combination merging more than three businesses that
make unrelated products
c a large corporation that produces and sells its goods and services
throughout the world
d a corporation that sells stock on the open market

The correct answer is letter B.

Explanation: A conglomerate is a economic group, economic conglomerate, business conglomerate and industrial conglomerate are terms that refer to a set of companies that depends on the same company.

When a big group runs normally small groups of companies.

if interdependence implies a two-way dependence, and if each partner is equally dependent on the other for success, then there is an equal commitment to the making the partnership successful. the advantage is sustainability of the relationship, the disadvantage is that decisions are "democratic" and therefore may take longer to reach and more likely to be a compromise (which is not always the best solution). as the interdependence moves away from equality, the decisions become more influenced by the more independent partner. in the extreme the relationship becomes more dictatorial and more like "master-slave". generally the relationship has less commitment in both directions and is more likely to be temporary.

if one generalizes (and one shouldn't), equity partnerships, which is probably what is implied by interdependence, can be slow to progress or change but durable. the extreme alternative, independent-dependent partnerships tend to be efficient but more fragile.

hope this but you will have to site your own evidence. : )