如题

问题如下：

During an internal meeting, Lee asks if Stratton could have achieved its same goals by undertaking an equity investment or joint venture. In response, Lee’s junior analyst makes the following three statements.

• Statement 1: Acquisitions require substantially greater capital investments than equity investments.
• Statement 2: Acquisitions and equity investments are similar in that they both allow the acquirer to gain control of the target.
• Statement 3: Relative to joint ventures, equity investments provide more equal governance representation and require larger investments.

选项：

A.

Statement 1

B.

Statement 2

C.

Statement 3

解释：

A is correct. Acquisitions require substantially greater capital investments than equity investments. Acquisitions—not equity investments—allow the acquirer to gain control of the target. Relative to equity investments, joint ventures provide more equal governance representation and require larger investments.

B is incorrect because acquisitions (not equity investments) allow the acquirer to gain control of the target.

C is incorrect because relative to equity investments, joint ventures provide more equal governance representation and require larger investments.