A diagram illustrating horizontal integration and contrasting it with vertical integration. Horizontal integration is the process of a company increasing production of goods or services at the same part of the supply chain. A company may do this via internal expansion, acquisition or merger. The process can lead to monopoly if a company captures the vast majority of the market for that product or service. Horizontal integration is orthogonal to vertical integration, where companies integrate multiple stages of production of a small number of production units.
The cortex of the brain which contains nerve cell bodies. The gray matter is in contrast to the white matter, the part of the brain that contains myelinated nerve fibres. The gray matter is so named because it in fact appears gray. The white matter is white because that is the colour of myelin, the insulation covering the nerve fibres.
Although the gray matter processes the information in the brain, the white matter transmits the signals to the rest of the body. Some cerebral palsy occurs due to damage to the white matter, a condition known as periventricular leukomalacia--PVL. The damage in PVL looks like tiny holes in the white matter.lthough the gray matter processes the information in the brain, the white matter transmits the signals to the rest of the body. Some cerebral palsy occurs due to damage to the white matter, a condition known as periventricular leukomalacia--PVL. The damage in PVL looks like tiny holes in the white matter.