水すい平へい分ぶん業ぎょう

noun

horizontal specialization

Economic term referring to a division of labor where firms or units specialize in different products or components at the same stage of production, rather than in sequential stages.

• 水すい平へい分ぶん業ぎょうによって、各かっ国こくは得とく意いな部ぶ品ひんの生せい産さんに集しゅう中ちゅうできる。

  Through horizontal specialization, each country can concentrate on producing the components it excels at.