Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2018

An internet technology company picks up a mobile phone manufacturer. The current cohort of acquisitions goes well beyond the typical defensive, synergy-driven, horizontal integration that marked previous M&A spurts. How realistic is leadership’s vision for the acquisition? Joe Beck/Unsplash/HBR Staff.

Due Diligence 8

Due Diligence Company Horizontal Integration Retail 8

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.

Horizontal Integration 9

Horizontal Integration Retail Industry Objective 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2012

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. Today, your management team should be giving more thought to horizontal integration. Let me suggest, however, that it is the wrong question to obsess about.

Horizontal Integration 10

Horizontal Integration Company Engineering Brand 10