This article explores the variables that drive small firms to choose quasi- integration as an alternative to vertical integration in situations of high asset frequency. Our study provides new insights by focusing on (1) the preferences of small, vulnerable firms, and (2) an institutionalized...

This paper explains how a class of IT-intensive capital goods called control systems are used to co-ordinate the flow of goods, traffic, materials, funds, services or information through complex supply, production or distribution systems. The paper examines how they increase productivity by...