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Economies of vertical integrationProduced by achieving lower operating costs by owning all components of production and sometimes sales outlets rather than contracting for companies in the outside marketplace.Economies of vertical integration Similar MatchesIntegrationIntegrationEconomic integration refers to reducing barriers among countries to transactions and to movements of goods, capital, and labor, including harmonization of laws, regulations, and standards. Common forms include FTAs, customs unions, and common markets. Sometimes classified as shallow integration vs. deep integration. Horizontal integrationHorizontal integrationProduction of different varieties of the same product, or different products at the same level of processing, within a single firm. This may, but need not, take place in subsidiaries in different countries. Backward integrationBackward integrationAcquisition by a firm of its suppliers. Vertical integrationVertical integrationProduction of different stages of processing of a product within the same firm. DisintegrationDisintegrationAnother term for fragmentation. Used by Feenstra (1998). Further SuggestionsForward integrationTrade integration Deep integration Economic integration Shallow integration |
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