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Unit 6 DB Horizontal vs. Vertical Integration

Unit 6 DB Horizontal vs. Vertical Integration

Q This week let’s discuss integration. First, name a company the practices horizontal integration. Describe the structure. Now do the same for a company vertically integrated. In your opinion, which is better to work for? Which offers workers the better opportunity to better yourself? Now, if you owned the business, which would you implement? Think again about the workers opportunities. Does their betterment also mean what’s best for your business?

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Volkswagen is an organization which practices horizontal integration because of the way of acquisition of Porsche by Volkswagen (Calabrese, 2020). Both the organizations manufacture vehicles of premium quality and premium/extremely high pricing ranges (Calabrese, 2020). The intense competition in the automobile industry has been decided to be combated by this acquisition by Volkswagen. There are different divisions of Volkswagen like financial services division, manufacturing division, sales and distribution division, e-commerce division, automotive division, etc. (Calabrese, 2020).