Zoe is a recruiter with a bachelor's degree in business administration. she is well respected among her peers for her professional standards and understanding of the hr field. however, she has noticed that when she recruits engineers for her company, they sometimes seem unresponsive to her. according to your text, the most likely reason for this is because zoe

vertical merger is the term used for the joining of two or more firms involved in different stages of producing the same good or services.

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male citizens in athens could vote on all the decisions that affected the city and serve on juries. however, democracy was not open to everyone. citizen women and children were not allowed to vote. slaves and foreigners living in athens (known as metics) were banned from participating in government.