Image by s0und via Flickr Vertical consolidation is buying resources that are part of the manufacturing process of an organization. For example, a property development company buys a cement company. By doing this it has greater control on one aspect of its manufacturing process. By buying the cement company, the property development company can expect to make huge cost-savings over a long-term duration. Why would a company do vertical consolidation? When a company feels that is becoming more and more dependent on the resources provided by another company, it plans to kill the … [Read more...]