vertical integration Definition

vertical integration

Definition

The process in which several steps in the production and/or distribution of a product or service are controlled by a single company or entity, in order to increase that company's or entity's power in the marketplace.

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backward integration, forward integration, horizontal integration, vertical merger, diversification, and

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