→horizontal integration(Definition ofhorizontal combinationfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofhorizontal combination
horizontal combinationIn analogy to the case ofhorizontalcombination, there are two modifications of the standard procedure.From theCambridge English CorpusWhat this scheme envisages is, in fact, ahorizontalcombinationof the cotton industry which is already agreed by most people to be over stratified at present.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0One of the more unpleasant features of this grouping and amalgamation of the spinning industry is that it is producing horizontal combinations within the industry.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0What is wanted is something more in the nature of vertical combinations rather than in an increase in the horizontal combinations.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Vertical combinations do not solve the problem of this industry, nor do horizontal combinations.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/horizontal-combination##
