🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

垂直整合

Pronunciation / Transliteration: chuí zhí zhěng hé

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Vertical integration/ˈvɜːr.tɪ.kəl ˌɪn.təˈɡreɪ.ʃən/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"该公司通过垂直整合来降低生产成本。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The combination in one company of two or more stages of production normally operated by separate companies.

    "The manufacturer pursued vertical integration to reduce supply chain costs and secure raw materials."
  2. 2

    A strategy where a firm expands its business operations into different steps on the same production path.

    "Their retail expansion represents a bold move toward complete vertical integration."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'vertical' from Latin 'verticalis' (pertaining to the zenith) and 'integration' from Latin 'integratio' (renewal or completion). It emerged in economic and business terminology during the industrialization era of the 19th and 20th centuries to describe corporate structures that unify different stages of production under one ownership.

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