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DOWNSTREAM INTEGRATION [1 record]

Record 1 2001-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Economics
  • Marketing
  • Management Operations (General)
DEF

Refers to a firm whose activities extend over more than one subsequent stage of the production process of transforming raw materials into final goods.

CONT

Vertical integration can be partitioned into two types: backward integration, where a firm extends itself into a previous stage of the production process and forward integration, where a firm moves into a succeeding stage of activity.

OBS

Compare to "backward integration".

Key term(s)
  • downstream integration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie de l'entreprise
  • Commercialisation
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
DEF

Expansion que prend l'entreprise dans une activité qui se rapproche du consommateur ultime de ses produits par rapport à son activité d'origine, par exemple un fabricant qui ouvre un magasin de détail.

Key term(s)
  • intégration verticale en aval
  • concentration en aval

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía empresarial
  • Comercialización
  • Operaciones de la gestión (Generalidades)
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