Game Guys, Inc

Multiple Choice

Game Guys, Inc. needed a special silicon substrate. The company executives knew a new start-up in India, Silicon Sisters, Inc., was the best in the world at efficiently mass-producing the product. The Indian company needed MSG (metallurgical grade silicon) in order to make the substrate, which it knew it could get from a Chinese firm. The Chinese firm (mostly owned by the Chinese government) agreed to supply the silicon to Silicon Sisters if it could get a certain quantity of gaming hardware from Game Guys. This beneficial exchange is described as

A) beneficial contracting.
B) contract manufacturing.
C) third-party purchasing.
D) countertrading.