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What is Horizontal Integration

Chapter 16
Handbook of Research on Managerial Strategies for Achieving Optimal Performance in Industrial Processes
The merger of companies at the same stage of production in the same or different industries.
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The Role of Strategic Outsourcing in Global Business
Kijpokin Kasemsap (Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Thailand)
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 33
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0130-5.ch016
Abstract
This chapter reveals the role of strategic outsourcing in global business, thus describing the theoretical and practical concept of strategic outsourcing; the management theories related to strategic outsourcing; the applications of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Information Technology Outsourcing (ITO); and the significance of strategic outsourcing in global business. The fulfillment of strategic outsourcing is vital for modern organizations that seek to serve suppliers and customers, improve business performance, enhance competitiveness, and reach continuous achievement in global business. Therefore, it is necessary for modern organizations to explore their strategic outsourcing, establish a strategic plan to usually check their practical advancements, and immediately respond to strategic outsourcing needs of customers in modern organizations. The chapter argues that applying strategic outsourcing in global business has the potential to increase organizational performance and attain business goals in the digital age.
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Co-Production as Seen From a Top Management Perspective
Frontline professional collaborative practices across sectors and departments to enable co-production with citizens.
Published in Chapter: Co-Production as Seen From a Top Management Perspective; From: Processual Perspectives on the Co-Production Turn in Public Sector Organizations
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Overcoming Educational Challenges Through Social and Emotional Learning: Significance for the Whole Child
Alignment of instruction and assessment of skills across a particular grade level.
Published in Chapter: Overcoming Educational Challenges Through Social and Emotional Learning: Significance for the Whole Child; From: Overcoming Current Challenges in the P-12 Teaching Profession
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Citizens, Not Consumers
Replacement of monolithic organizational structures and silo-like functional divisions (vertical integration) with collaboration and cross-functional teams.
Published in Chapter: Citizens, Not Consumers; From: Handbook of Research on ICT-Enabled Transformational Government: A Global Perspective
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Strategic Value Creation in a Supply Chain
Acquisitions, mergers, or hostile takeovers of competing firms to strengthen their position.
Published in Chapter: Strategic Value Creation in a Supply Chain; From: Handbook of Research on Global Supply Chain Management
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Blockchain Governance for Collaborative Manufacturing
The tight integration of processes, resources, and information between entities in a common value chain. Horizontal integration refers to the interdependence that emerges from such tight integration. It must be implemented systemically rather than contractually.
Published in Chapter: Blockchain Governance for Collaborative Manufacturing; From: Novel Approaches to Information Systems Design
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