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Kaniṣka Dam, Daniel Ripperger-Suhler, Konstantinos Serfes
We consider a market where each firm is created by the combination of two complementary assets that are heterogeneous in their productivity. After assets match endogenously, their owners choose between two ownership structures: centralized organization (integration) and arm’s length organization (nonintegration). Our main focus is on the interplay between productivity heterogeneity and firm boundary decisions.