integration // noun [U]

BACKWARD INTEGRATION, ENTERPRISE APPLICATION INTEGRATION, FORWARD INTEGRATION, HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION, LATERAL INTEGRATION, VERTICAL INTEGRATION

1

a process of combining two or more companies, organizations or systems so that they work together well:

The aim is to promote closer economic integration.

The new technology will mean better integration of the company's existing computer systems.

The new team are in charge of the integration of corporate and investment banking activities within the company.

2 (Economics )

a situation in which a company gains control of its competitors, customers or suppliers, so that there are fewer companies operating in a particular area:

The airline has now completed the integration of its rival.

Recent years have seen increasing integration in the car industry.

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