Open AccessUnderstanding Quasi-Integration
Author(s) -
Abagail McWilliams,
Samuel R. Gray
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
journal of business strategies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2162-6901
pISSN - 0887-2058
DOI - 10.54155/jbs.12.1.69-85
Subject(s) - construct (python library) , transaction cost , theory of the firm , resource (disambiguation) , management science , organizational theory , knowledge management , work (physics) , vertical integration , industrial organization , computer science , microeconomics , economics , engineering , management , mechanical engineering , computer network , programming language
Cooperative strategies and interorganizational linkages, or quasi-integration. in vertical relationships are important concerns to strategy researchers and practitioners. In this paper, we present a model that integrates insights from transaction cost theory (an economic construct), environmental uncertainty (an organization theory construct), and resource-based theory (a strategic management construct) to explain the determinants of quasi-integration. This extends prior work which relied exclusively on transaction cost economics and organization theory to explain and predict optimal organizational form.