This paper surveys recent contributions on the Internalisation issue, based on different theories of the firm, to show how the make-or-buy decision, at an international level, has been assessed through the opening up of the "black box" - traditionally explored by the theorists of the firm – and the simultaneous endogenization of the market environment – as in the International Economics tradition. In particular, we consider three paradigms – Grossman-Hart-Moore treatment of hold-up and contractual incompleteness, Holmstrom-Milgrom view of the firm as an incentive system, Aghion-Tirole conceptualisation of formal and real authority in organisations – and show how they have been embedded in industry and general equilibrium models of FDI to explain the boundaries of global firms.

Gattai, V. (2006). From the Theory of the Firm to FDI and Internalisation: a Survey. GIORNALE DEGLI ECONOMISTI E ANNALI DI ECONOMIA, 65(2), 225-262.

From the Theory of the Firm to FDI and Internalisation: a Survey

GATTAI, VALERIA
2006

Abstract

This paper surveys recent contributions on the Internalisation issue, based on different theories of the firm, to show how the make-or-buy decision, at an international level, has been assessed through the opening up of the "black box" - traditionally explored by the theorists of the firm – and the simultaneous endogenization of the market environment – as in the International Economics tradition. In particular, we consider three paradigms – Grossman-Hart-Moore treatment of hold-up and contractual incompleteness, Holmstrom-Milgrom view of the firm as an incentive system, Aghion-Tirole conceptualisation of formal and real authority in organisations – and show how they have been embedded in industry and general equilibrium models of FDI to explain the boundaries of global firms.
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FDI, Internalisation, Integration, Outsourcing, Theory of the Firm
English
2006
65
2
225
262
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Gattai, V. (2006). From the Theory of the Firm to FDI and Internalisation: a Survey. GIORNALE DEGLI ECONOMISTI E ANNALI DI ECONOMIA, 65(2), 225-262.
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