Editor's Choice Vertical firm structure and industry evolution

Constance E. Helfat

Industrial and Corporate Change, 2015, vol. 24, issue 4, 803-818

Abstract: The analysis presented here suggests that the evolution of vertical firm structure depends on contextual factors that differ in their impact across industries and produce different patterns of vertical firm structure. These contextual factors make it possible to account for specific features of the evolution of vertical firm structure using a systematic approach that evaluates the same contextual factors in every industry. The automobile and aluminum industries illustrate how these contextual factors can explain the evolution of vertical firm structure.

Date: 2015
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