Horizontal Integration Leadership Management Technology 
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 21, 2013
From Microsoft’s latest radical reorganization and subsequent purchase of Nokia’s devices unit to Google’s acquisition of Motorola , it’s clear that after decades of horizontal integration, high tech is in an age of increased verticalization. If they don’t, they may not survive this industry-realigning disruption.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 14, 2012
In big companies, management teams focus on achieving the right level of vertical integration. 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. This kind of fragmentation commonly results from growth.
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