Vertical or horizontal integration is at the heart of a company’s operations strategy. We’ll talk more about why there is new momentum around vertical integration, but first we ask which model ...

The competitiveness capacity of a business enterprise in the smartphone industry is determined by the scope of its influence in the value chain. An industry value chain is the cumulative series of ...

Lincoln Watase, CEO and President of Yum Yum Donut Shops, lists the different ways that vertical integration helps a business maximize their profit opportunities, control the quality of the supplies, ...

There are a lot of ways to grow your business, and one of the most compelling is through what's called vertical integration. It means taking ownership of multiple steps in your production process, so ...

Vertical integration is the merging together of two businesses that are at different stages of production—for example, a food manufacturer and a chain of supermarkets. Merging in this way with ...