of production to external suppliers. We present a theoretical framework that stems from the resource-based view of the … firm (RBV) and develop hypotheses claiming that outsourcing of production will not result in the outsourcing of … technological competencies. In other words, vertical specialization will not result in the reduction of the breadth and depth of the …

This paper is about firms as an instance of economic coordination, and about how we think about them in relation to … other forms of coordination as well as in relation to competition and markets. The dominant frame for thinking about firms …--which has strongly influenced contemporary competition law as well as serving as a vital adjunct to the fundamental concepts of …