This paper investigates the determinants of vertical integration using data from the UK manufacturing sector. We find that the relationship between a downstream (producer) industry and an upstream (supplier) industry is more likely to be vertically integrated when the producing industry is more...

Product innovation often hinges on technological changes in underlying components. We examine how firms' success in managing such component-enabled innovation is impacted by their knowledge and production strategies with respect to key components. We further consider how this relationship...

This paper investigates the determinants of vertical integration. We first derive a number of predictions regarding the relationship between technology intensity and vertical integration from a simple incomplete contracts model. Then, we investigate these predictions using plant-level data for...