In the context of the technology sector, capability assets typically consist of the products or services around cloud, digital, artificial intelligence and cyber security. These assets have ...

For decades, vertical integration meant ownership. According to Michael E. Porter's seminal work Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance, companies sought to reduce costs, ...

Linking collection and dissemination systems may be the key to winning the war on terrorism. The U.S. intelligence community is in a race against international adversaries, and to win, it must link ...

Once upon a time, there were three big truck engine makers in the U.S.: Caterpillar, Cummins, and Detroit. A couple of truck makers, like Mack and Volvo, offered their own engines. You ordered a truck ...

Apart from passing the Karman line and reaching outer space, there are few boasts in the U.S. space sector prouder than “my company is vertically integrated.” Vertical integration—the practice of ...

Vertical integration allows health organizations to coordinate care seamlessly. When hospitals, primary care providers, specialists, and pharmacies operate within a unified network, information flows ...

Vertical integration lets companies control more supply chain steps by in-house operations. Types include backward (acquiring production inputs) and forward (controlling distribution). This strategy ...

Dr. Jiban Khuntia, PhD, from the University of Colorado Denver said, “The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 transformed several aspects of the health care industry. In general, some of the financial and ...

In recent years direct ownership of physician practices by hospitals and health systems (that is, vertical integration) has become a prominent feature of the US health care system. One unexplored ...