Critical Business Skills for Success: Forward and Backward Integration

Professor Michael A. Roberto explains in more detail vertical integration and its two key directions: forward and backward. Does vertical integration make economic sense? Learn about vertical integration’s rationales (and risks) by digging deep into interesting stories of vertical integration involving Disney’s retail stores and Zara’s “fast fashion” strategy. What does it take to succeed in business? Critical Business Skills for Success is a comprehensive guide to the five disciplines—strategy, operations, finance and accounting, organizational behavior, and marketing—that everyone needs to master in today’s marketplace. Bringing the MBA experience to you, this authoritative course demystifies the secrets of business and provides insights to help you achieve your goals.