Agency, structure, and the dominance of OEMs: Change and stability in the automotive sector

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1942-1967

  Jacobides, Michael G ^a   MacDuffie, John Paul ^b   Tae, C Jennifer ^c  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agency; framing contests; industry architecture; modularity; outsourcing; value dynamics

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; MANUFACTURE; OUTSOURCING; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

AGENCY; COMPETITIVE POSITION; CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE; FRAMING CONTESTS; HIERARCHICAL CONTROL; INDUSTRY ARCHITECTURE; MODULARITY; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84946239686     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2426     Document Type: Article

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