A bargaining perspective on strategic outsourcing and supply competition
从讨价还价视角研究下游企业是否将生产外包给独立上游企业还是既有上游企业，权衡独立竞争带来的低投入成本与既有企业整合上游能力带来的高资源价值。
Abstract This article considers the outsourcing choice of a downstream firm with its own upstream production resources or assets. The novelty of the approach is to consider the outsourced function as involving resources consistent with the resource‐based view of the firm. From a bargaining perspective, we characterize a downstream firm's decision whether to outsource to an independent or to an established upstream firm. In so doing, the downstream firm faces a trade‐off between lower input costs afforded by independent competition, and higher resource value associated with those who can consolidate upstream capabilities. We show that this trade‐off is resolved in favor of outsourcing to an established firm. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.