Why firms make unilateral investments specific to other firms: the case of OEM suppliers

Autor: Danchi Tan, Joseph T. Mahoney, Min Ping Kang
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Strategic Management Journal. 30:117-135
ISSN: 1097-0266
0143-2095
DOI: 10.1002/smj.730
Popis: This study examines why and under what conditions firms will make unilateral relationship-specific investments to their transaction partners. We propose that firms are more likely to make such investments when the investment yields positive economic spillover values for other transactions with the same exchange partners as well as for third-party transactions. We also model two types of positive inter-project spillover effects that a transaction may generate: knowledge spillovers and reputation spillovers. We find empirical support for our developed theory in the context of Taiwanese suppliers of original equipment manufacturers. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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