The firm's integration program is a case study of the time and resources that some firms take to integrate lateral partners.

Results of a systematic review suggest that neither horizontal integration nor vertical integration improves the value of health care.

Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Jorge Tarzijan, and Jordan Mitchell. "Arauco (A): Forward Integration or Horizontal Expansion?" Harvard Business School Case 705-474, February 2005. (Revised March 2009.) ...