Learn more about backward integration in the supply chain and see how two famous examples, Carnegie Steel and Apple, used ...

There are three varieties of vertical integration: Backward integration, where a company controls products used in the production of its products such as a car company owning a tire company in its ...

The goal of vertical integration is typically to increase sales, eliminate costs, and improve profits by improving business operations. Backward vertical integration can reduce or eliminate the ...

Garvin, David A., and Sunru Yong. "Bergerac Systems: The Challenge of Backward Integration (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 114-382, December 2011.

Image caption, Forward vertical integration occurs when a business takes control of another business that operates at a later stage in the supply chain. Image caption, Backward vertical ...