Vertical Coordination
What is vertical coordination? Vertical coordination is the process of implementing all the stages such as production line, marketing and selling the final output. The other important thing about the vertical coordination is that there should be an efficient communication between consumers and producers in that how much should produce the producer and also what quality should have the product.
One of the main characteristic of the communist world was the state property, meaning that the whole state economy was controlled by the state institutions. The private property existed before the communism era, but when the world faced the communism the private property did not existed any more. The state took control over every private property and the owners of these properties, not only “lose” their property but also they were somehow discriminated. Such regime was spread in Central Europe, such as in Albania, Chez Republic, Slovakia, and also in East Asia such as in Russia. One of the main sectors that were extremely controlled by the state was the agriculture and food production. These sectors were state-controlled not only in Communist world, but also in some other states in Africa, South Asia, and South America. In these non Communist countries, the state institutions played a very important role in agriculture production in the field of marketing and also in export field.
Between 1980 and 1990, started a global process of liberalization, meaning that in the sectors which were under the state control the process of privatization started. In that way the agriculture sector and the food sector were faced with the process of privatization, by somehow removing the control of the state over these sectors.
As the globalization started in the whole world, the economies of countries of the world started to change, some of states had a decrease level of their economy and some other had increase level of their economy, meaning that the effects
One of the main characteristic of the communist world was the state property, meaning that the whole state economy was controlled by the state institutions. The private property existed before the communism era, but when the world faced the communism the private property did not existed any more. The state took control over every private property and the owners of these properties, not only “lose” their property but also they were somehow discriminated. Such regime was spread in Central Europe, such as in Albania, Chez Republic, Slovakia, and also in East Asia such as in Russia. One of the main sectors that were extremely controlled by the state was the agriculture and food production. These sectors were state-controlled not only in Communist world, but also in some other states in Africa, South Asia, and South America. In these non Communist countries, the state institutions played a very important role in agriculture production in the field of marketing and also in export field.
Between 1980 and 1990, started a global process of liberalization, meaning that in the sectors which were under the state control the process of privatization started. In that way the agriculture sector and the food sector were faced with the process of privatization, by somehow removing the control of the state over these sectors.
As the globalization started in the whole world, the economies of countries of the world started to change, some of states had a decrease level of their economy and some other had increase level of their economy, meaning that the effects
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