Do make or buy decisions matter? The influence of organizational governance on technological performance

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 817-833

  Leiblein, Michael J ^a   Reuer, Jeffrey J ^b   Dalsace, Frdric ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEC PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Innovation; Outsourcing; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

TRANSACTION-SPECIFIC FEATURES;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 0036723712     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.259     Document Type: Article

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