Technological Development and the Boundaries of the Firm: A Knowledge-Based Examination in Semiconductor Manufacturing
基于知识观，以半导体行业为背景，研究公司如何组织技术开发中的问题解决，发现一体化公司在复杂问题中表现更优，而专业化公司在简单问题中表现更优，且规模经济与范围经济影响绩效。
This paper examines how the knowledge-based view (KBV) can be applied to firm boundary decisions and the performance implications of those decisions. At the center of the paper is a theoretical and empirical examination of how firms most efficiently organize to solve different types of problems related to technological development, using the semiconductor industry as the empirical setting. Measures that capture important dimensions of performance support the proposition that organization affects performance in problem solving related to knowledge development. Integrated firms realize performance advantages when problem solving in technological development is ill structured and complex, while the same is true for specialized firms when problem solving in technological development is well structured and simple. Performance differences also arise from the presence of scale economies and scope economies.