Joby has developed most of the key components for its S4 air taxi in-house. Credit: Joby Aviation In many ways, Archer Aviation and Joby Aviation are highly similar startups. The two front-runners in ...

For decades, vertical integration meant ownership. According to Michael E. Porter's seminal work Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance, companies sought to reduce costs, ...

Tesla's ascent in the automotive world is a story of innovation, not only because of technology and engineering but also because of a shrewd business strategy. Spearheaded by Elon Musk, Tesla has not ...

The phrase, “Past performance is not an indicator of future outcomes,” can be found in the fine print of most investment literature. As the healthcare industry is trying to find efficiencies and ...

Vertical integration is one of those concepts taught about in business school, an essential step in the development of industrial capitalism, along with the assembly line and interlocking parts. Its ...

Swissto12 CEO Emile de Rijk speaking at World Space Business Week Sept. 17. The company's move into user terminals adds a downstream layer of vertical integration to its small GEO strategy. Credit: ...

A new study examines vertical integration of physician practices from 2007-2017 and finds considerable variation among specialties, with oncology and cardiology leading the way. A new study this week ...

Walmart recently opened its first beef processing plant in Kansas, which will allow the retailer to package its own cuts and distribute them directly to its stores. Walmart doesn’t specifically use ...

Ex Time-Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes called vertical integration "a fairly suspect premise" in an exclusive interview with CNBC. Bewkes sold Time Warner to AT&T and stepped down as Time Warner CEO last year ...

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Laser Photonics Corporation (LASE) (LPC) (NASDAQ: LASE), a leading developer of laser systems for cleaning and other material processing applications, today announced ...

When businesses give autonomy and power to each of their divisions and departments, the result is differentiation, in which each section develops its own cultures and methods. When a company brings ...