"Vertical integration" refers to a strategic business approach where a company assumes control over the entire or select parts of its supply chain and certain phases of production. This approach to ...

Once upon a time, there were three big truck engine makers in the U.S.: Caterpillar, Cummins, and Detroit. A couple of truck makers, like Mack and Volvo, offered their own engines. You ordered a truck ...

U.S. hospitals have begun responding to health care reform and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 by accelerating alignment with physicians. Hospital-physician vertical integration has increased ...