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Reconceptualizing plural sourcing
Author(s) -
Krzeminska Anna,
Hoetker Glenn,
Mellewigt Thomas
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
strategic management journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 11.035
H-Index - 286
eISSN - 1097-0266
pISSN - 0143-2095
DOI - 10.1002/smj.2062
Subject(s) - plural , set (abstract data type) , corporate governance , business , strategic sourcing , insourcing , diversity (politics) , industrial organization , marketing , computer science , sociology , linguistics , outsourcing , strategic planning , philosophy , finance , strategic financial management , anthropology , programming language
Firms often procure the same input via multiple means, e.g., making and buying. Recent papers have yielded rich, but inconsistent, theoretical and empirical insights. Resolving these inconsistencies requires reconceptualizing two aspects of plural sourcing: what and how. We reconceptualize plural sourcing as a set of combined governance modes—make‐and‐buy, make‐and‐ally, and buy‐and‐ally—which differ in their capabilities and limitations. We demonstrate our reconceptualization's potential with propositions predicting the choice of specific plural sourcing modes . Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.