diversification and outsourcing. We test these propositions using novel micro-data on taxicab and limousine firms from the Economic … that firms use outsourcing to mitigate coordination costs associated with related diversification, particularly when … outsourcing is one way to reduce the coordination costs that arise in multidivisional firms. We, also, examine the mechanisms …

This paper examines the impact of coordination costs and organizational rigidity on the returns to diversification. The … incumbent diversifiers, controlling for the other costs and benefits of diversification and incumbency. The findings suggest …

Over the past two decades multinational firms from high-technology industries have increasingly relied on outsourcing … firm (RBV) and develop hypotheses claiming that outsourcing of production will not result in the outsourcing of … of the sample firms has not been affected by the ongoing outsourcing activities. The empirical observation gives rise to …