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horizontal integration  

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  • Horizontal integration, an industrial business tactic utilized by agribusiness corporations, involves the consolidation of smaller companies that operated within the same sector or production level or that produced variations within the same product line in order to increase market share and decrease competition. It is also known as horizontal expansion, lateral expansion, or horizontal combination. [Source: Green Food: An A-to-Z Guide; Horizontal Integration]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-TRN4QBFL-D

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