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U.S. Department of Agriculture

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  1. Fields of Study
  2. economics
  3. industrial organization and market structure
  4. market structure
  5. integration (economics)
  6. vertical integration
  1. Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
  2. economics
  3. industrial organization and market structure
  4. market structure
  5. integration (economics)
  6. vertical integration

Preferred term

vertical integration

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Coordination of various levels of producing, processing and distributing under one decision making unit, generally through direct ownership of the different stages or through contracts.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

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https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/47467

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