A multilevel framework of firm boundaries: firm characteristics, dyadic differences, and network attributes Export

@article{citeulike:5910915, abstract = {Extending prior firm boundary research that tends to focus on economic explanations and rely on atomistic assumptions, we propose a multilevel framework by bridging the resource-based view and the social network perspective, with their respective emphases on the importance of firms' internal resource endowments and external resource opportunities. Specifically, we argue that firms' boundary choices can be better understood by considering the tension between the need for external resources and the need for risk controls, affected by internal and external resource factors at three important levels: firm characteristics, dyadic differences, and network attributes. We also explore firms' boundary choices under two conditions: whether to initiate external relationships (non-partnering vs. partnering) and whether to pursue either alliances or acquisitions if external relationships are needed. Our analyses of the United States computer industry over a nine-year span largely support our theoretical framework and demonstrate the importance of unique factors at and across individual, dyadic, and network levels in understanding firms' boundary choices. Copyright {\copyright} 2009 John Wiley \& Sons, Ltd.}, address = {Department of Management, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong; School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, U.S.A.}, author = {Yang, Haibin and Lin, Zhiang J. and Lin, Ya L.}, citeulike-article-id = {5910915}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smj.815}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/122613729/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1002/smj.815}, issn = {1097-0266}, journal = {Strategic Management Journal}, keywords = {attributes, boundaries, characteristics, differences, dyadic, firm, framework, multilevel, network}, number = {9999}, pages = {n/a+}, posted-at = {2009-10-08 19:02:43}, priority = {3}, title = {A multilevel framework of firm boundaries: firm characteristics, dyadic differences, and network attributes}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smj.815}, volume = {9999}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5910915 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5910915 N2 - Extending prior firm boundary research that tends to focus on economic explanations and rely on atomistic assumptions, we propose a multilevel framework by bridging the resource-based view and the social network perspective, with their respective emphases on the importance of firms' internal resource endowments and external resource opportunities. Specifically, we argue that firms' boundary choices can be better understood by considering the tension between the need for external resources and the need for risk controls, affected by internal and external resource factors at three important levels: firm characteristics, dyadic differences, and network attributes. We also explore firms' boundary choices under two conditions: whether to initiate external relationships (non-partnering vs. partnering) and whether to pursue either alliances or acquisitions if external relationships are needed. Our analyses of the United States computer industry over a nine-year span largely support our theoretical framework and demonstrate the importance of unique factors at and across individual, dyadic, and network levels in understanding firms' boundary choices. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. IS - 9999 JF - Strategic Management Journal SN - 1097-0266 AD - Department of Management, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong; School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, U.S.A. TI - A multilevel framework of firm boundaries: firm characteristics, dyadic differences, and network attributes VL - 9999 SP - n/a KW - attributes KW - boundaries KW - characteristics KW - differences KW - dyadic KW - firm KW - framework KW - multilevel KW - network AU - Yang, Haibin AU - Lin, Zhiang AU - Lin, Ya PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smj.815 ER -