Forward integration empowers businesses to control distribution, streamline operations, and eliminate intermediaries. Learn strategies for market control and profitability.

Companies across sectors frequently resort to mergers and acquisitions (M&A) to strengthen market standing, complement existing capabilities and leverage existing customer base or operations, thus ...

Business models, IT systems and organizational culture are key parts of integration. For example, Casey's recently entered the wholesale fuel business when it acquired CEFCO convenience stores, adding ...

CIOs are moving beyond AI copilots to autonomous agents. Learn where agents deliver value, how to govern them, and how to ...

For decades, vertical integration meant ownership. According to Michael E. Porter's seminal work Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance, companies sought to reduce costs, ...