Scenario: Global Manufacturing, Inc. (GMI)

Multiple Choice

Scenario: Global Manufacturing, Inc. (GMI)
GMI is a fast-growing U.S. company that wants a production system that makes each of its product's two components in the location where the cost of production is lowest. The components will then be taken to maquiladoras for final assembly. GMI purchased an existing company in Brazil to produce component A and built a subsidiary in Thailand to produce component B.
-GMI's purchase of the Brazilian company can be best classified as a(n) ________.

A) greenfield investment
B) acquisition
C) portfolio investment
D) merger