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Definition of Horizontal integration
1. Noun. Absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in the same level of production and sharing resources at that level.
Definition of Horizontal integration
1. Noun. (economics) The integrating of identical stages in the production or marketing process under the ownership or control of a single management organization. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Horizontal Integration
Literary usage of Horizontal integration
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. FDI from Developing Countries: A Vector for Trade and Development by Byung-Hwa Lee (2002)
"The defensive horizontal integration of category II occurs to circumvent trade
... Some horizontal integration, in cells (3.2), (2.1), and (3.4) has only ..."
2. Facing Hazards and Disasters: Understanding Human Dimensions by National Research Council (U.S.), Division on Earth and Life Studies (2006)
"When vertical integration is strong and horizontal integration is weak, ...
However, when the community has strong horizontal integration in the face of ..."
3. The Cornerstone of Development: Integrating Environmental, Social, and by Jamie Schnurr, Susan Holtz (1998)
"Administrative, or horizontal, integration Administrative, or horizontal,
integration is based on ... The extent of horizontal integration of leadership, ..."
4. The OECD Report on Regulatory Reform by Joanna R. Shelton (1997)
"Vertical and horizontal integration As new networks, services, ... through vertical
and horizontal integration across facilities, services, and content. ..."