scholarly journals What's the Big Idea? Multi-Function Products, Firm Scope and Firm Boundaries

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengxiao Liu ◽  
Daniel Trefler
Keyword(s):  
Firm Boundaries ◽  
Firm Scope

scholarly journals Can Firms Be Both Broad and Deep? Exploring Interdependencies Between Horizontal and Vertical Firm Scope

2020 ◽  
pp. 014920632091229
Author(s):  
Francisco Brahm ◽  
Anne Parmigiani ◽  
Jorge Tarziján
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Theory Of The Firm ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Great Depth ◽  
Firm Boundaries ◽  
Industry Data ◽  
Internal Organization ◽  
Firm Scope

Firms can be horizontally diversified, with considerable breadth, or vertically integrated, with great depth. This study explores how breadth and depth affect each other as influenced by capability requirements and coordination demands. Using construction industry data, we assess the interdependence between contractors’ portfolios of building types (horizontal scope) and the extent of integration of the activities needed to complete each project (vertical scope). We find that vertical and horizontal scope have a negative interdependency only when contractors face managerial constraints due to coordination challenges. Further, we show that this effect can be mitigated through organizational structures that centralize key functions. Our findings highlight the importance of coordination in the theory of the firm, as we link firm boundaries to managerial coordination and internal organization.

Sourcing Callirhoe

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Whitmarsh
Keyword(s):  
Firm Boundaries ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Jewish Culture ◽  
Greek Novel

Chariton’s Callirhoe is the earliest extant example of the Greek novel. What preceding texts are there that resemble it? Martin Braun demonstrated in the 1930s that many of the motifs that we think of as characteristically novelistic are found in Josephus’s retelling of the story of Joseph and Potiphar’s wife. Does that tell us that Josephus was influenced by now-lost novels? Or that Jewish storytelling influenced the course of the novel? Or that these motifs were shared between Greek and Jewish culture, without firm boundaries of genre?

scholarly journals Productivity and Firm Boundaries

2021 ◽  
pp. 103724
Author(s):  
Wilhelm Kohler ◽  
Marcel Smolka
Keyword(s):  
Firm Boundaries

The treating expert: A hybrid role with firm boundaries.

2001 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 469-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyn R. Greenberg ◽  
Jonathan W. Gould
Keyword(s):  
Firm Boundaries

The role of boundary management in open innovation: towards a 3D perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
pp. 57-84
Author(s):  
Rosita Capurro ◽  
Raffaele Fiorentino ◽  
Stefano Garzella ◽  
Rosa Lombardi
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Firm Boundaries ◽  
Boundary Management ◽  
Innovation Implementation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
The One

PurposeThe aim of this paper is to investigate the role of boundary management when firms should implement open innovation.Design/methodology/approachThe relevant literature on strategic management, firm boundaries and open innovation fields is revised and critically assessed. An interpretive-qualitative methodology is applied to analyse empirical data obtained from a questionnaire and subsequent interviews of a sample of Italian listed firms. By critically integrating literature review and empirical analysis, a framework is provided with the objective of supporting open innovation implementation.FindingsThe study shows that on the one hand, open innovation and many modern paths of growth are connected to a firm's boundaries and that on the other hand, boundary management plays a key role in the implementation of open innovation.Practical implicationsThe paper has implications for practitioners by driving them to shift the focus of open innovation implementation towards the management of boundaries, in which boundary capabilities and activities play a key role.Originality/valueThis paper sheds light on the advantages and risks that can jeopardize a successful opening up innovation processes without the effective management of boundary studies. Thus, the authors identify and propose causes for reflection and tools maximizing potentiality and reducing risks in the implementation of such processes.

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