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horizontal integrations

horizontal integrations is the plural of horizontal integration.

Meaning of horizontal integration

Noun

horizontal integration (countable and uncountable, plural horizontal integrations)

  1. The integrating of identical stages in the production or marketing process under the ownership or control of a single management organization, typically by mergers and acquisitions in the same industry, to increase market share, reduce competition, or achieve economies of scale.
    • This process of vertical and horizontal integration has resulted in consolidation of control over basic transformation technologies used in the genetic modification of crops; control over proprietary traits; and control over the elite germplasm resources for many of the world's most important...2003, Rachel Schurman, Dennis D. Kelso, chapter 1, in Engineering trouble: biotechnology and its discontents, →ISBN, page 28

Questions about horizontal integrations

What is horizontal integrations the plural of?
Horizontal integrations is the plural of horizontal integration.

Words near horizontal integrations in the dictionary

  1. horizontal gene transfers
  2. horizontal hostility
  3. horizontal hula
  4. horizontal hulas
  5. horizontal integration
  6. horizontal integrations
  7. horizontal jogging
  8. horizontal machining center
  9. horizontal machining centers
  10. horizontal mambo
  11. horizontal mambos

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