When companies developed their own software in the United States,they were engaging in backward vertical integration,but when they started using independent companies in India to develop these software,they were more vertically integrated.

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This statement is incorrect. Backward vertical integration refers to a company owning or controlling its suppliers, while forward vertical integration refers to a company owning or controlling its distributors. Outsourcing software development to independent companies in India would be an example of outsourcing or offshoring, not vertical integration.

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