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Mary has a bakery company where she primarily sells wedding cakes. She decides that she wants to expand her business to sell cookies and cupcakes as well. Mary believes that the best way to set up her cookie and cupcake business is to purchase assets from a baker nearby who is about to retire. These assets include the brand name from the established baker, the baker's customer list and distribution contacts, specific recipes for cookies and cupcakes, cupcake tins, cookie cutters, cookie sheets, and cupcake decorating supplies. In this case, Mary's company is doing a$($n$)$:

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