Development of Vertical Integration Strategy for Agricultural Company

Student: Karasev Oleg

Educational Programme: Management (Bachelor)

Year of Graduation: 2019

The goal of this paper is to develop a vertical integration strategy for an agricultural company. The analysis of the company revealed an extremely high level of consumer power in the industry of raw milk production. To reduce the power of the buyer, it was decided to develop a plan for the forward vertical integration of the company . In the course of the work, an analysis of the internal and external environment of the company was carried out, investment, organizational, production and financial plans for vertical integration were developed. The project has the following indicators (for 4 years): • Net present value (NPV) - 2,011,618 • Discounted payback period - 3.63 years • Annual internal rate of return (IRR) - 10.76%

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