Diversification, diseconomies of scope, and vertical contracting: Evidence from the taxicab industry

Management Science

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1534-1550

  Rawley, Evan ^a   Simcoe, Timothy S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Asset ownership; Diseconomies of scope; Diversification; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ASSET OWNERSHIP; DISECONOMIES OF SCOPE; DIVERSIFICATION; MICRODATA; OUTSOURCE; UNDERLYING MECHANISM; VALUE CHAINS; VERTICAL CONTRACTING; VERTICAL DISINTEGRATION;

FLEET OPERATIONS; INDUSTRY; OUTSOURCING;

TAXICABS;

EID: 77956630403     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1100.1207     Document Type: Article

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