Organizational boundaries and economic performance: An empirical study of entrepreneurial computer firms
基于122家计算机创业企业的纵向数据，研究组织边界（自制还是外包）对经济绩效的影响，发现产品市场策略会调节外包活动的绩效效果，部分支持交易成本理论的预测。
Abstract This research examines the relationship between the organizational boundaries of entrepreneurial firms and their economic performance. The theoretical basis for this work is transaction cost economics research regarding when internalizing certain activities will be preferred over contracting. To consider the conditions under which contracting is costly we compare across three functional areas and three firm strategies. The results of a longitudinal analysis of 122 entrepreneurial firms in the computer industry show that performance effects are associated with contracting activities and that product market strategies moderate the performance effects of contracting. The results are mixed in their support for the predictions of transaction cost economics.