Vertical merger


 

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Vertical merger

When one firm acquires another firm that is in the same industry but at another stage in the production cycle. For example, the firm being acquired serves as a supplier to the firm doing the acquiring.



Vertical merger

Similar Matches

Vertical acquisition

Vertical acquisition

Buying or taking over a firm in the same industry in which the acquired firm and the acquiring firm represent different steps in the production process.


Vertical spread

Vertical spread

Simultaneous purchase and sale of two options that differ only in their exercise price. See: Horizontal spread.


Vertical integration

Vertical integration

Production of different stages of processing of a product within the same firm.


Vertical line charting

Vertical line charting

A form of technical charting that shows the high, low, and closing prices of a stock or a market on each day on one vertical line with the closing price indicated by a short horizontal mark.


Vertical intraindustry trade

Vertical intraindustry trade

Intraindustry trade in which the exports and imports are at the different stages of processing. Contrasts with horizontal IIT.


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Economies of vertical integration


 
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