Improving performance through vertical disintegration: evidence from UK manufacturing firms

Panos Desyllas
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Panos Desyllas: University of Manchester, Manchester Business School, Manchester, UK, Postal: University of Manchester, Manchester Business School, Manchester, UK

Managerial and Decision Economics, 2009, vol. 30, issue 5, 307-324

Abstract: Unlike previous work on the vertical integration-performance relationship, we investigate the performance consequences of vertical disintegration. We offer a theoretical justification for the disintegration decision and we condition the disintegration effect on performance on the initial degree of firm integration, the timing and the direction of disintegration. Using a sample of UK manufacturing firms and controlling for disintegration endogeneity, we find that disintegration eventually results in improved operating performance, particularly when disintegration occurs as a reaction to poor performance and in cases of forward between-sector disintegration. However, being highly integrated does not guarantee gains from disintegration. The implications of these findings are discussed. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1002/mde.1452

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