Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2012

With every degree of verticalization now made possible by information and communications technologies, the right scope of operations for any given firm is an open question. Today, your management team should be giving more thought to horizontal integration. Let me suggest, however, that it is the wrong question to obsess about.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

online idea markets), the center of expertise for innovation support, and analysis across the enterprise. Improving Operational Efficiency. The biggest opportunities for these companies are simplification and horizontal integration projects. Ensuring Effective Corporate Governance and Controllership.

Enterprise Architecture 9

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2018

The current cohort of acquisitions goes well beyond the typical defensive, synergy-driven, horizontal integration that marked previous M&A spurts. Though recent acquisitions may seem idiosyncratic, they all have in common the need to find new avenues for growth in mature markets or deal with accelerating change. Symbiosis.

Due Diligence 8

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