Vertically Integrated Quotes & Sayings

Apple and Samsung are selling in such high volumes, and they're vertically integrated more and more, that it's very, very hard for anyone to compete against Apple and Samsung in the high-volume part of the smartphone or tablet market. — John Sculley

Facebook's data trove is enviable, and its moves into nearly every aspect of our lives - from payment to media, will create even more of it. The company also has created a huge base of developers for its platform, but the ecosystem is incomplete compared to vertically integrated OSes like iOS, Mac or Windows. — John Battelle

This is the way we stimulate neuronal activation and growth - how we SNAG the brain toward a more vertically integrated state as we connect body to cortex with interoception. The more we focus our attention toward bodily sensations within our subjective experience in awareness, the more we activate the physical correlate of insula activation and subsequent growth. As — Daniel J. Siegel

Rouvier was the Finance Minister; I knew him by sight, although I had not yet met him. He was not widely liked. Apart from the whiff of indecency that Lucien referred to, he was also rumoured to be less than straightforward in his dealings with his fellow men. To put it another way, he was devious even by the standards of politicians; a long and successful career awaited him. — Iain Pears

I think we're going to see the day where commercialized television will not exist anymore, it's going to be vertically integrated. — Joe Pantoliano

Throughout the 20th century, we created wealth through vertically integrated corporations. Now, we create wealth through networks. We are at a turning point in human history, where the industrial age has finally run out of gas. — Don Tapscott

I'm the last survivor of a dead culture. And I don't really belong in the world anymore. And in some ways I feel I ought to be dead. — Richard Stallman

As 'Possession' progresses, it seems less and less like the usual satire about academia and more like something by Jorge Luis Borges. — Jay Parini

Well, many insane people and seriously mentally ill people seem very reasonable. — Alan Dershowitz

Actually, attorneys say, copying a purchased CD for even one friend violates the federal copyright code most of the time. — Charles Duhigg

Apple no longer builds any products. When I was there, people used to call Apple "a vertically integrated advertising agency," which was not a compliment. — John Sculley

Everybody knows things are not the same. The people running the TV end of a major vertically integrated company know how much money a successful show can make. — Dick Wolf

I know they say that a stiff dick has no conscience, but I tell you now that some cunts have teeth ... — Stephen King

My mouth watered so much my taste buds put on shower caps. Michael — Carole Fowkes

To be a designer today is to be an entrepreneur. Whether you're a two-man operation in Shoreditch or a 3,000-person, vertically integrated brand, you need to have the wherewithal to run your business through investment, considering everything from start-up funds to your exit plan or what it takes to go public. — Natalie Massenet

It doesn't matter much where your company sits in its industry ecosystem, nor how vertically or horizontally integrated it is - what matters is its relative 'share of customer value' in the final product or solution, and its cost of producing that value. — Gary Hamel