Hyperspecialization and hyperscaling: A resource‐based theory of the digital firm

Autor:	Gianluigi Giustiziero, Tobias Kretschmer, Brian Wu, Deepak Somaya
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	Opportunity cost Resource (project management) business.industry Strategy and Management Phenomenon Resource-based view Specialization (logic) Business Digital economy Business and International Management Digital firm Industrial organization Outsourcing
Zdroj:	Strategic Management Journal. 44:1391-1424
ISSN:	1097-0266 0143-2095
DOI:	10.1002/smj.3365
Popis:	Digital firms tend to be both narrow in their vertical scope and large in their scale. We explain this phenomenon through a theory about how attributes of firms' resource bundles impact their scale and specialization. We posit that highly scalable resource bundles entail significant opportunity costs of integration (versus outsourcing), which simultaneously drive "hyperspecialization" and "hyperscaling" in digital firms. Using descriptive theory and a formal model, we develop several propositions that align with observed features of digital businesses. We offer a parsimonious modeling framework for resource-based theorizing about highly scalable digital firms, shed light on the phenomenon of digital scaling, and provide insights into the far-reaching ways that technology-enabled resources are reshaping firms in the digital economy.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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