Configurations of Interorganizational Relationships: A Comparison Between U.S. and Japanese Automakers
整合交易成本经济学、组织理论与政治经济学，基于信息处理需求与能力的匹配构建概念模型，分析美日汽车业447对买卖关系，揭示五种跨组织关系构型及其差异。
This paper seeks to uncover dominant configurations of interorganizational relationships across the United States and Japan in the automotive industry. We integrate relevant theoretical concepts from transaction cost economics, organization theory and political economy to develop a conceptual model of interorganizational relationships based on the fit between information processing needs and information processing capabilities. This model is employed to collect data on 447 buyer-supplier relationships in these two countries. We empirically uncover a set of five naturally occurring patterns of interorganizational relationships. These configurations provide rich explanations of the complexity of interorganizational relationships as well as offer differential insights across United States and Japan. We discuss implications for further research pertaining to the logic and development of configurations.