🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

수직적 통합

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sujikjeok tonghap

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Vertical Integration/ˈvɜːr.tɪ.kəl ˌɪn.təˈɡreɪ.ʃən/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"기업은 경쟁력을 높이기 위해 수직적 통합을 시도했다."

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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 the English adjective 'vertical' (from Latin verticalis, pertaining to the vertex) and the noun 'integration' (from Latin integratio, meaning renewal or making whole). The business and economic sense emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries during the rise of large-scale industrial manufacturing, describing the consolidation of supply chain tiers under a single corporate umbrella.

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