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Horizontal 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.Similar MatchesBackward integrationBackward integrationAcquisition by a firm of its suppliers. 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. Forward integrationForward integrationAcquisition by a firm of a larger part of its distribution chain, moving it closer to selling directly to its ultimate customers. Economic integrationEconomic integrationSee integration. DisintegrationDisintegrationAnother term for fragmentation. Used by Feenstra (1998). Further SuggestionsEconomies of vertical integrationTrade integration Integration Shallow integration Vertical integration |
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