Vertical integration
Owning successive stages of the chain. This is the best-theorised model on the list: Chandler for the history, Williamson for the economics, Christensen for when it stops paying.
8 books · 3 people behind it
Start here
- TitanRon Chernow, 1998
- Competitive AdvantageMichael E. Porter, 1985
- The Visible HandAlfred D. Chandler Jr., 1977
- The Economic Institutions of CapitalismOliver E. Williamson, 1985
The people behind it 3
Each person holds a book in this entry or names it in their own tags.
Academics 1
Strategists 1
Journalists 1
Books 8
Alfred D. Chandler Jr. · 1962 · The multidivisional form and how structure follows strategy.
Alfred D. Chandler Jr. · 1977 · Pulitzer-winning account of why firms integrated and managers replaced markets.
Michael E. Porter · 1985 · The value chain, and where in it profit is defensible.
Oliver E. Williamson · 1985 · Nobel-winning theory of when to make rather than buy.
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Ron Chernow · 1998 · Standard Oil as the archetype of integration and scale economics.
Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor · 2003 · Interdependence versus modularity: when integration pays and when it stops paying.
Henry Ford, Samuel Crowther · 1922 · Ford's own case for owning everything from ore to showroom.
Alfred D. Chandler Jr. · 1990 · Comparative history of managerial capitalism in three countries.