Business GCSE
Horizontal, vertical and conglomerate integration
What Horizontal, vertical and conglomerate integration means in Business GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Horizontal, vertical and conglomerate integration
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A horizontal merger joins competitors, a vertical merger joins a firm with a supplier or customer, and a conglomerate merger joins unrelated businesses.
Topics that use Horizontal, vertical and conglomerate integration
- Expanding a business (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Diseconomies of scale
- Economies of scale
- External growth
- Fixed Costs
- Franchising
- Internal (organic) growth
- Internal and external factors
- Mergers and takeovers
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