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The Make-or-Buy Decision Revisited

In: Handbook of New Institutional Economics

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  • Peter G. Klein

    (Baylor University)

  • João Fernando Rossi Mazzoni

    (Baylor University)

Abstract

This chapter builds on Klein (The make-or-buy decision: Lessons from empirical studies. In Handbook of new institutional economics, pp. 435–464, 2005) to provide an updated literature review on make-or-buy decisions incorporating the most recent theories, methods, and data sources used and considering newer phenomena related to vertical boundaries, as well as sketching out some future directions of this literature. After summarizing the most common explanations for make-versus-buy, we discuss methodological challenges including data, measurement, and estimation techniques and then review empirical findings on component procurement, the use of contracts and contractual design, and newer organizational forms such as platforms. We then discuss ongoing challenges and implications for future work. While the literature on make-or-buy decisions has grown and diversified over the last 20 years, the core insights of the transaction cost approach and its basic explanatory power in helping us make sense of vertical boundaries remain the same.

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  • Peter G. Klein & João Fernando Rossi Mazzoni, 2025. "The Make-or-Buy Decision Revisited," Springer Books, in: Claude Ménard & Mary M. Shirley (ed.), Handbook of New Institutional Economics, edition 0, chapter 19, pages 447-474, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-50810-3_19
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-50810-3_19
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