ECONOMIES OF INTEGRATION VERSUS BUREAUCRACY COSTS: DOES VERTICAL INTEGRATION IMPROVE PERFORMANCE?
Academy of Management JournalPublished 1 October 1994
Richard A. D'Aveni, David J. Ravenscraft
Citations302
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score10.53
SNIP3.95
Generate an AI Snapshot to get a quick, structured summary of this paper.
Study Snapshot
ObjectiveStudy objective
MethodsResearch methodology
PopulationPopulation studied
Sample sizeSample sizes
OutcomesStudy outcomes here
ResultsStudy results comes here
LimitationsResearch study limitations comes here
A concise AI-generated summary of the paper will appear here once you click Generate AI Snapshot.
Abstract
This study tested links between vertical integration, cost structure, and performance at the line-of-business level of analysis. Major findings were (1) Vertical integration results in economies ev...
Keywords
Business, Management and Accounting
Journal of Economic IssuesThe Economic Institutions of Capitalism
14,988 Citations1987William M. Dugger
American Sociological ReviewThe Norm of Reciprocity: A Preliminary Statement
11,579 Citations1960Alvin W. Gouldner
The economic institutions of capitalism firms, markets, relational contracting
7,349 Citations1987Oliver E. Williamson
The Journal of FinanceIndustrial Market Structure and Economic Performance.
6,393 Citations1971H. Michael Mann, F. M. Scherer
The American Historical ReviewThe Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business
4,617 Citations1978Elisha P. Douglass, Alfred D. Chandler
Industrial Market Structure and Economic Performance
2,628 Citations1990F. M. Scherer, David Gaddis Ross
Administrative Science QuarterlyRestoring Our Competitive Edge: Competing through Manufacturing.
2,238 Citations1985Laura Thomas, Robert H. Hayes +1 more
From Competitive Advantage to Corporate Strategy
2,108 Citations1989Michael E. Porter
The Vertical Integration of Production Market Failure Considerations
1,787 Citations1999Oliver E. Williamson
Strategic Management JournalDiversification strategy, profit performance and the entropy measure
1,609 Citations1985Krishna G. Palepu
California Management ReviewOrganizations: New Concepts for New Forms
1,420 Citations1986Raymond E. Miles, Charles C. Snow
Strategic Management JournalDiversification strategy and profitability
1,368 Citations1982Richard P. Rumelt
This paper replicates that association between diversification strategy and profitability using more recent and complete data and goes on to investigate the sources of the association.
The Journal of Law Economics and OrganizationVertical Integration and Long-term Contracts: The Case of Coal-burning Electric Generating Plants
722 Citations1985Paul L. Joskow
Strategic Management JournalTransaction cost analysis of strategy‐structure choice
718 Citations1988Gareth R. Jones, Charles W. L. Hill
Using a transaction cost approach, this paper analyzes the relationship between strategy, structure and organizational performance and provides a framework for analyzing corporate strategy choice.
Oxford University Press eBooksRaising Rivals’ Costs
698 Citations2015David T. Scheffman, Richard Higgins
Strategic Management JournalCorporate economic performance: Diversification strategy versus market structure
582 Citations1981H. Kurt Christensen, Cynthia A. Montgomery
Handbook of Industrial OrganizationChapter 4 Vertical integration: Determinants and effects
534 Citations1989Martin Perry
Strategic Management JournalTechnical change, competition and vertical integration
532 Citations1986Srinivasan Balakrishnan, Birger Wernerfelt
A model is built to study how the frequency of technological change interacts with the intensity of competition to influence the optimal level of integration and is tested and very strongly supported by data from 93 industries.
The Review of Economics and StatisticsStructure-Profit Relationship at the Line of Business and Industry Level
494 Citations1983David J. Ravenscraft
Academy of Management ReviewStrategy and Structure in the Multiproduct Firm
480 Citations1987Charles W. L. Hill, Robert E. Hoskisson
Southern Economic JournalInnovation and Growth: Schumpeterian Perspectives
463 Citations1986Stanford L. Levin, F. M. Scherer
Academy of Management JournalVERTICAL INTEGRATION AND CORPORATE STRATEGY.
463 Citations1985Kathryn Rudie Harrigan
Strategic Management JournalThe choice of organizational form: Vertical financial ownership versus other methods of vertical integration
461 Citations1992Joseph T. Mahoney
Princeton University Press eBooksCorporate Growth and Diversification
363 Citations2015Charles H. Berry
Academy of Management ReviewConjectures on Cognitive Simplification in Acquisition and Divestment Decision Making
363 Citations1985Irene M. Duhaime, Charles R. Schwenk
Academy of Management JournalSUPPLIER COMPETITION, UNCERTAINTY, AND MAKE-OR-BUY DECISIONS.
345 Citations1987G. E. Walker, Daniel G. Weber
Strategic Management JournalFactors influencing divestment decision‐making: Evidence from a field study
320 Citations1984Irene M. Duhaime, John H. Grant
Investigation of factors which influenced the corporate‐level divestment decisions of large, diversified firms indicates that a business unit's strength, its relationship to other units in its firm and its parent firm's financial position compared to its competitors are important divestment influences, whereas other factors such as general economic conditions are not.
The Review of Economics and StatisticsThe Transactions Cost Approach to Vertical Integration: An Empirical Examination
307 Citations1985David T. Levy
Academy of Management ReviewFormulating Vertical Integration Strategies
297 Citations1984Kathryn Rudie Harrigan
Journal of Industrial EconomicsVertical Integration in Competitive Markets Under Uncertainty
291 Citations1979Dennis W. Carlton
Strategic Management JournalMatching vertical integration strategies to competitive conditions
288 Citations1986Kathryn Rudie Harrigan
The Review of Economics and StatisticsVertical Integration and Technological Innovation
239 Citations1980Henry Ogden Armour, David J. Teece
Journal of Management StudiesRELATIONSHIPS AMONG CORPORATE LEVEL DISTINCTIVE COMPETENCIES, DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGY, CORPORATE STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE
224 Citations1986Michael A. Hitt, R. Duane Ireland
Journal of Industrial EconomicsDeterminants of Vertical Integration: An Empirical Test
216 Citations1991Marvin B. Lieberman
Financial ManagementDoes Business Diversification Affect Performance?
199 Citations1984Allen Michel, Israel Shaked
Journal of Industrial EconomicsThe Measurement of Vertical Economies and the Efficient Structure of the Electric Utility Industry
191 Citations1991David L. Kaserman, John W. Mayo
Journal of Economic Behavior & OrganizationThe empirical determinants of vertical integration
167 Citations1988Richard E. Caves, Ralph M. Bradburd
Academy of Management JournalCOMPLEX PATTERNS OF VERTICAL INTEGRATION IN THE FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRY: SYSTEMATIC AND BANKRUPTCY RISKS.
135 Citations1992Richard A. D'Aveni, Anne Y. Ilinitch
Academy of Management JournalEXIT BARRIERS AND VERTICAL INTEGRATION.
133 Citations1985Kathryn Rudie Harrigan
Journal of Economic Behavior & OrganizationUpstream vertical integration in the aluminum and tin industries
118 Citations1988Jean- François Hennart
The Quarterly Journal of EconomicsInformation, Incentives, and Organizational Mode
110 Citations1987Michael Riordan, David E. M. Sappington
Academy of Management JournalMEASUREMENT OF FIRM DIVERSIFICATION: IS IT ROBUST?
103 Citations1992Sayan Chatterjee, James D. Blocher
Journal of Industrial EconomicsTrends in Vertical Integration in the U.S. Manufacturing Sector
102 Citations1977Irvin B. Tucker, Ronald P. Wilder
The Review of Economics and StatisticsThe Measurement of Vertical Integration
94 Citations1981R.J. Maddigan
Academy of Management JournalGAINS IN VERTICAL ACQUISITIONS AND MARKET POWER: THEORY AND EVIDENCE.
71 Citations1991S. Chatterjee
Academy of Management JournalStrategies for Intrafirm Transfers and Outside Sourcing
71 Citations1985Kathryn Rudie Harrigan
Strategic Management JournalThe concept of ‘impartition’ policies: A different approach to vertical integration strategies
65 Citations1988Pierre-Yves Barreyre
Organization StudiesUncertainty Reduction and the Threat of Supplier Retaliation: Two Views of the Backward Integration Decision
63 Citations1986Ian C. MacMillan, Donald C. Hambrick +1 more
The Quarterly Journal of EconomicsResale Price Maintenance and Forward Integration into a Monopolistically Competitive Industry
60 Citations1985Martin Perry, Robert H. Groff
Journal of Industrial EconomicsEfficiency and Vertical Integration: The Case of Mine-Mouth Electric Generating Plants
46 Citations1991Joe Kerkvliet
Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooksVertical Integration and Assurance of Markets
40 Citations1986Jerry R. Green
RePEc: Research Papers in EconomicsVertical Integration in the Oil Industry
39 Citations1986Edward John Mitchell
Organization StudiesInterorganizational Dependence and Forward Integration
34 Citations1984Johannes M. Pennings, Donald C. Hambrick +1 more
Journal of Industrial EconomicsVertical Relationships: An Introduction
31 Citations1991John Vickers, Michael Waterson
Managerial and Decision EconomicsThe profitability of vertical integration
30 Citations1985R.J. Maddigan, Janis K. Zaima