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This is one of the older stories in business. Right. This strategy can be traced back at least as far as Andrew Carnegie in the 19th Century.[1] 1: https://en
by edj 13y ago
This is one of the older stories in business.
Right. This strategy can be traced back at least as far as Andrew Carnegie in the 19th Century.[1]
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertically_integrated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertically_integrated
- maxerickson 13y agoI think my favorite example is Ford investing in rubber plantations.
- plumeria 13y agoInteresting factoid.
- maxerickson 13y agoI looked it up later to see how correct my memory was and the thing I didn't recall was that it was a massive failure.