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Backward integrationAcquisition by a firm of its suppliers.Similar MatchesShallow integrationShallow integrationReduction or elimination of tariffs, quotas, and other barriers to trade in goods at the border, such as trade-limiting customs procedures. Contrasts with deep integration. Trade integrationTrade integrationThe process of increasing a country's participation in world markets through trade, accomplsihed by trade liberalization. Forward integrationForward integrationAcquisition by a firm of a larger part of its distribution chain, moving it closer to selling directly to its ultimate customers. Deep integrationDeep integrationRefers to economic integration that goes well beyond removal of formal barriers to trade and includes various ways of reducing the international burden of differing national regulations, such as mutual recognition and harmonization. Contrasts with shallow integration. Economic integrationEconomic integrationSee integration. Further SuggestionsVertical integrationEconomies of vertical integration Horizontal integration Disintegration Integration |
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