DYNAMIC BOUNDARIES OF THE FIRM: ARE FIRMS BETTER OFF BEING VERTICALLY INTEGRATED IN THE FACE OF A TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE?

Allan Afuah

Academy of Management Journal · 2001 · 307 citations · 55 references

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Abstract

Building on transaction cost economics and the knowledge-based theory of the firm, I argue that, following a technological change that is competence-destroying to firms and their suppliers, firms t...

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