The Boundaries of the Firm: The Choice Between Stand-Alone and Integrated Firms
Preprint
- 1 January 2000
- preprint
- Published by Elsevier in SSRN Electronic Journal
- Vol. 15 (4)
- https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.238869
Abstract
This study presents a theory of incorporation mode selection. It outlines when economic units should incorporate as stand-alone firms vs. an integrated firm (coKeywords
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