backward integration
noun [U]Definition
› a situation in which a company controls the supply of goods and services it needs by buying the company that supplies them, or by going into the same business as that company: The advantages of backward integration include assurance of the pricing, quality, and availability of supplies.
(Definition of backward integration noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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