| 释义 |
vertical integration (also vertical expansion) noun [uncountable] (also vertical merger [countable]) (economics 经济学) a situation where a company buys one of the companies which supplies it with goods or which buys goods from it 垂直整合◆the company moved one step closer to vertical integration after acquiring its distributors. 在收购其分销商之后，这家公司向垂直整合更近了一步。 ➡ backward integration , forward integration , horizontal integration , vertical disintegration ➡ picture at integration |