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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=microeconomics">microeconomics</a>, <a href="page.php?w=management">management</a> and <a href="page.php?w=international_political_economy">international political economy</a>, <b>vertical integration</b>, also referred to as vertical consolidation, is an arrangement in which the <a href="page.php?w=supply_chain">supply chain</a> of a company is integrated and owned by that company. Usually each member of the supply chain produces a different <a href="page.php?w=Product_%28business%29">product</a> or (market-specific) service,</p><p>
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