horizontal integration

Noun

Meaning

absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in the same level of production and sharing resources at that level

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

horizontal combination

Antonyms

vertical integration

Hypernyms

integration consolidation

Related terms

horizontal divestiture

Examples

Where we have the choice between putting a dollar against those that are going to advance horizontal integration and those that are going to sustain current capability, we'd rather put them against the horizontal integration activity. Stephen Cambone

Close letter words and terms

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