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Vertical Foreclosure
Market foreclosure or vertical foreclosure, is the production limitation put on a producing organisation if either it is denied access to a Vendor (supply chain), supplier (''upstream foreclosure''), or it is denied access to a downstream buyer (''downstream foreclosure)''. A supplier or intermediary in a supply chain could acquire this form of market power against competitors through means of mergers and acquisitions. This amalgamation of suppliers and customers demonstrates vertical integration along a value chain with various strategic and efficiency benefits including elimination of successive monopoly markups and lowering transaction costs. Examples The television industry allows for certain insight when considering vertical integration due to the level of differentiating aspects the market provides. Within this industry, media markets have experienced various occasions in which integrated operators attempt to deter rival program services by means of increasing barriers to ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vendor (supply Chain)
In a supply chain, a vendor, supplier, provider or a seller, is an enterprise that contributes goods or services. Generally, a supply chain vendor manufactures inventory/stock items and sells them to the next link in the chain. Today, these terms refer to a supplier of any goods or service. In property sales, the vendor is the name given to the seller of the property. Description A vendor is a supply chain management term that means anyone who provides goods or services of experience to another entity. Vendors may sell B2B ( business-to-business; i.e., to other companies), B2C (business to consumers or direct-to-consumer), or B2G (business to government). Some vendors manufacture inventoriable items and then sell those items to customers, while other vendors offer services or experiences. The term vendor and the term supplier are often used indifferently. The difference is that the vendors ''sells'' the goods or services while the supplier ''provides'' the goods or services. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
