backward linkage

noun

An effect in which increased production by a downstream manufacturer provides positive pecuniary externalities to an upstream manufacturer responsible for different stages of the same production process.

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Meanings

nounbackward linkage (plural backward linkages)

plural backward linkages

  1. An effect in which increased production by a downstream manufacturer provides positive pecuniary externalities to an upstream manufacturer responsible for different stages of the same production process.
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