An empirical examination of transaction-and firm-level influences on the vertical boundaries of the firm

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 839-859

  Leiblein, Michael J ^a   Miller, Douglas J ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Option theory; Resource based view; Transaction cost theory; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COST ECONOMICS; VERTICAL BOUNDARY DECISION;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0042510314     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.340     Document Type: Article

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