Italian: integrarsi a monte (in the context)English translation: BACKWARD INTEGRATE 
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Bus/Financial - Management | | Italian term or phrase: integrarsi a monte (in the context) | | in a sentence from a document which talks about the 5 forces of Michael Porter the following is one of them "Clienti: i destinatari dell'output prodotto dall'impresa che potrebbero eventualmente decidere di integrarsi a monte". I am a bit unsure about the term "integrarsi a monte" within this sentence. What am I missing? |
| | | BACKWARD INTEGRATE | Explanation:
THE BARGAINING POWER OF CUSTOMERS
buyer concentration to firm concentration ratio
bargaining leverage
buyer volume
buyer switching costs relative to firm switching costs
buyer information availability
ability to BACKWARD INTEGRATE
availability of existing substitute products
buyer price sensitivity
price of total purchase
The above are taken from a discussion of Michael Porter's 5 concepts. Hope it helps. |
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pcjohnz
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| Note from asker to answererThanks Paul..after closely reviewing the works by Porter (rather long ones), I also found many places where he uses "backward" rather than "upstream" and thanks also to Ornella for the help.
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| upstream integration (concept)
Explanation:
The recipients of the company's output which could choose upstream integration, if necessary.
I guess what they mean is a sort of partnership that could be established with the customer. HIH
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| BACKWARD INTEGRATE
Explanation:
THE BARGAINING POWER OF CUSTOMERS
buyer concentration to firm concentration ratio
bargaining leverage
buyer volume
buyer switching costs relative to firm switching costs
buyer information availability
ability to BACKWARD INTEGRATE
availability of existing substitute products
buyer price sensitivity
price of total purchase
The above are taken from a discussion of Michael Porter's 5 concepts. Hope it helps.
| pcjohnz
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| Note from asker to answerer| Thanks Paul..after closely reviewing the works by Porter (rather long ones), I also found many places where he uses "backward" rather than "upstream" and thanks also to Ornella for the help. |
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