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The acquisition of businesses that gives the company control of supply chains is vertical integration.

Explanation:

Vertically incorporated corporations acquires either its customer's business or its supplier's business to have a control of supply chains and distribution channels.

The customer's business acquisition is often referred to as forward integration and the movement of a company to acquire its supplier's business is often referred to as backward integration.