Firm and Individual Choice Drivers in Make‐or‐Buy Decisions: A Diminishing Role for Transaction Cost Economics?
研究比较了交易成本经济学变量和薪酬体系变量对自制或外购决策结果的预测能力，发现功能群体奖励制度与决策结果相关，而交易成本变量则无显著关联。
SUMMARY Transaction cost economics (TCE) is an empirically supported, theoretical paradigm that has been used to understand and predict the outcomes of make‐or‐buy decisions. At the same time, TCE research has been criticized for focusing solely on firm‐level economic determinants of decision outcomes without considering other factors that may impact decision making in organizations. The purpose of this research is to examine the effects of variables associated with TCE and compensation systems on the outcomes of make‐or‐buy decisions to compare the predictive ability of these variables in the current business environment. Findings indicate that functional group reward systems are associated with the outcomes of make‐or‐buy decisions. Surprisingly, no support is found for the association between the TCE variables and decision outcomes.