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Backward, Vertical, Forward, & Horizontal Integration.

Posted by Anonymous on 5/12/2009 at 10:46 AM ET 250 Points

What is forward, backward, vertical, and horizontal intergration? (with examples)

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Posted by Jay Hamilton-Roth on 5/12/2009 at 11:45 AM Accepted

See the following articles in Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_integration
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal_integration
Posted by Gary Bloomer on 5/16/2009 at 4:40 PM Accepted

Dear Ozak,

Would this be a student question at all? Just curious.

Gary Bloomer
Wilmington, DE, USA
Posted by Chris Blackman on 5/22/2009 at 7:47 AM Accepted

Backward and Forward Integration are about the Value Chain.

BI is about getting into the upstream part, for example into your supplier's business.

FI is about getting into the next stage, e.g your distributor's business.

See below: examples:

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/backwardintegration.asp

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/forwardintegration.asp

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