forward integration
noun[U]
ukusthesituationin which acompanybuysanothercompanyof thetypethat itsuppliesgoodsorservicesto:
Theadvantagesofforwardintegrationincludebetteraccesstoinformation.
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Forwardintegrationis whereby a firm grows towards its customers for example a food manufacturing firm acquiring a food outlet.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The diversification was made mainly into related fields to take advantage of accumulated capabilities; for instance, the trading company entered into chemicals to attainforwardintegration.
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