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There are a lot of ways to grow your business, and one of the most compelling is through what's called vertical integration. It means taking ownership of multiple steps in your production process, so ...

Backward integration is a form of vertical integration in which a business owns or buys a supplier in its supply chain. A company might buy its inventory or raw material supplier, for example.