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Today's Best Companies are Horizontally Integrated

Harvard Business Review

Today, your management team should be giving more thought to horizontal integration. Brand experience is the outward expression of what goes on inside an organization, and it's hard to wallpaper over structures split by inconsistent goals and cultures that do not value collaboration.

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Why Companies Are Using M&A to Transform Themselves, Not Just to Grow

Harvard Business Review

The current cohort of acquisitions goes well beyond the typical defensive, synergy-driven, horizontal integration that marked previous M&A spurts. Any unknowns, from customer dynamics to the new organization’s value proposition against competitors, must be made known. No organization can remain the same.

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A Board Director's Perspective on What IT Has to Get Right

Harvard Business Review

Over the last 30 years I have served a large range of organizations as either a director or a trustee with the specific role of helping them exploit IT for competitive advantage. The biggest opportunities for these companies are simplification and horizontal integration projects. Generating Top-Line Growth.