Internalization Revisited

George Norman ()

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2009, vol. 165, issue 1, 121-133

Abstract: This paper analyses how a firm chooses between direct ownership and licensing or franchising contracts in supplying distant markets. When contracts are incomplete we show that this choice must balance the moral hazard associated with appointing external agents against that associated with employing internal managers. We show that licensing contracts are preferred when the outside agent has limited opportunities for changing product technology or if there are few spillover effects from the licensee's market to the licensor's home market. Internalization is preferred when the advantages of the 357254201rm are knowledge-based and when reputational effects are strong.

JEL-codes: D86 F23 L14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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