It’s a low interest-rate world, but it probably won’t be for long, which means it’s high time for vertical integration. If you've been watching the market recently, you've probably noticed plenty of ...

Best of breed and vertical integration are two opposing forces that have been part of the datacenter since mainframes first fired up six decades ago in rooms with glass windows in them so companies ...

Forward integration empowers businesses to control distribution, streamline operations, and eliminate intermediaries. Learn ...

Energy giants once managed production from oil fields to gas pumps. Coke and Pepsi mixed their drinks and distributed them, and carmakers turned ore into autos. While corporate strategists now urge ...

Since its modest beginnings in a California garage in 1976, Apple Inc. has aimed to “Think Different” not only about its products but about something equally important: its supply chain. While ...

Peloton announced blowout earnings last week, and has joined an elite club that includes Apple, Netflix and Tesla. These companies not only delight their customers and create enormous shareholder ...

The Federal Trade Commission is currently completing its review of a proposed merger between defense contractor Lockheed Martin LMT and Aerojet AJRD Rocketdyne. Aerojet is a relatively small company ...

Vilsa Curto ([email protected]), Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts. Anna D. Sinaiko, Harvard University. Meredith B. Rosenthal, Harvard University. Alongside recent increases in ownership, ...

Before COVID-19 turned the aerospace and defense (A&D) manufacturing and aftermarket worlds on their heads, a key issue clouding suppliers’ outlooks was how much encroachment to expect from Airbus, ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Peloton announced blowout earnings last week, and has joined an elite club that includes Apple, Netflix and Tesla. These companies not ...