Vertical integration and disintegration of computer firms: A history-friendly model of the coevolution of the computer and semiconductor industries

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-231

  Malerba, Franco ^a   Nelson, Richard ^b   Orsenigo, Luigi ^a,c,d   Winter, Sidney ^e  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

EID: 41249099259     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtn001     Document Type: Article

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