Institutions, capabilities, and contracts: Make or buy in the electric utility industry

Organization Science

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1264-1281

  Fabrizio, Kira R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contracting; Firm capabilities; Transaction costs; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872506464     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1110.0680     Document Type: Article

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