Vertical or horizontal integration is at the heart of a company’s operations strategy. We’ll talk more about why there is new momentum around vertical integration, but first we ask which model ...

As the cannabis industry continues to grow, existing businesses are looking for ways to stay ahead of the competition. One strategy many companies are turning to is vertical integration. By bringing ...

Understanding leadership theories and how they are affected by an organization's hierarchical structure helps executives develop useful tools to build and strengthen teams. Vertical strategies look ...

The following is a brief article I wrote and is reprinted with permission. It originally appeared in The Neuropsychotherapist, Issue 2, July/Sept 2013, pp. 120-121. An integrative attitude toward ...

When you want to grow your company, you have two options: expand your current business, or go into business with other companies through acquisition or merger. If you choose the acquisition option, ...

Companies are looking for ways to expand their operations and increase market share in the rapidly growing cannabis industry. Horizontal integration is one popular strategy that involves merging with ...

Review of Industrial Organization, Vol. 59, No. 2, Special Issue: The U.S. Vertical Merger Guidelines (September 2021), pp. 177-204 (28 pages) This article explains the inherent loss of an indirect ...

Dr. Jiban Khuntia, PhD, from the University of Colorado Denver said, “The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 transformed several aspects of the health care industry. In general, some of the financial and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover marijuana, global affairs and the intersection of the two. On May 3, leading politicians gathered in South Florida to ...

In recent years direct ownership of physician practices by hospitals and health systems (that is, vertical integration) has become a prominent feature of the US health care system. One unexplored ...