🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

intégration verticale

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ɛ̃.te.ɡʁa.sjɔ̃ vɛʁ.ti.kal

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Vertical integration/ˈvɜːr.tɪ.kəl ˌɪn.təˈɡreɪ.ʃən/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"L'entreprise a adopté une stratégie d'intégration verticale."

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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

Derived from the combination of vertical (from Late Latin verticalis, referring to a line perpendicular to the plane of the horizon) and integration (from Latin integratio, meaning renewal or completion). The compound term emerged in early 20th-century industrial economics to describe the merging of companies at different stages of production.

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