Economic Analysis of International Supply Chains: An Internalization Perspective
从内部化理论视角分析全球价值链中的离岸外包和外包问题，比较管理与市场协调分工的方式，并讨论经济学家开发的供应链形式化模型，旨在鼓励供应链研究者运用经济学原理和数学技能为内部化理论做出贡献。
Offshoring and outsourcing in global value chains have been extensively analyzed from a strategic management perspective (Gereffi & Li, 2012; Gereffi, Humphrey & Sturgeon, 2005; Mudambi & Venzin, 2010). This paper examines these issues from an internalization theory perspective by summarizing the contribution of internalization theory to supply chain analysis; considering how a division of labor is coordinated and comparing coordination by management with coordination by the market; and discussing the formal models of supply chains developed by economists. Supply chain researchers possessing an interest in economic principles and good mathematical skills can make an important contribution to internalization theory, and it is hoped that this paper will encourage them to do so.