Hyperspecialization and hyperscaling A resource-based theory of the digital firm
Digital firms tend to be both narrow in their vertical scope and large in their scale. We explain this phenomenon through a theory about how attributes of firms' resource bundles impact their scale and specialization. We posit that highly scalable resource bundles entail significant opportunity cost...
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| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | IE |
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| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.ie.edu:20.500.14417/3575 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3365 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/3575 |
| Nivel de acceso: | Acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | 53 Ciencias Económicas::5311 Organización y dirección de empresas ODS 8 - Trabajo decente y crecimiento económico ODS 9 - Industria, innovación e infraestructura |
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| author | Giustiziero, Gianluigi |
| author2 | Kretschmer, Tobias Somaya, Deepak Wu, Brian |
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| description | Digital firms tend to be both narrow in their vertical scope and large in their scale. We explain this phenomenon through a theory about how attributes of firms' resource bundles impact their scale and specialization. We posit that highly scalable resource bundles entail significant opportunity costs of integration (vs. outsourcing), which simultaneously drive “hyperspecialization” and “hyperscaling” in digital firms. Using descriptive theory and a formal model, we develop several propositions that align with observed features of digital businesses. We offer a parsimonious modeling framework for resource-based theorizing about highly scalable digital firms, shed light on the phenomenon of digital scaling, and provide insights into the far-reaching ways that technology-enabled resources are reshaping firms in the digital economy. |
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| spelling | Hyperspecialization and hyperscaling A resource-based theory of the digital firm Kretschmer, Tobias Somaya, Deepak Wu, Brian Giustiziero, Gianluigi 53 Ciencias Económicas::5311 Organización y dirección de empresas ODS 8 - Trabajo decente y crecimiento económico ODS 9 - Industria, innovación e infraestructura Digital firms tend to be both narrow in their vertical scope and large in their scale. We explain this phenomenon through a theory about how attributes of firms' resource bundles impact their scale and specialization. We posit that highly scalable resource bundles entail significant opportunity costs of integration (vs. outsourcing), which simultaneously drive “hyperspecialization” and “hyperscaling” in digital firms. Using descriptive theory and a formal model, we develop several propositions that align with observed features of digital businesses. We offer a parsimonious modeling framework for resource-based theorizing about highly scalable digital firms, shed light on the phenomenon of digital scaling, and provide insights into the far-reaching ways that technology-enabled resources are reshaping firms in the digital economy. yes Published Wiley https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3365 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/3575 |
| spellingShingle | Hyperspecialization and hyperscaling A resource-based theory of the digital firm Giustiziero, Gianluigi 53 Ciencias Económicas::5311 Organización y dirección de empresas ODS 8 - Trabajo decente y crecimiento económico ODS 9 - Industria, innovación e infraestructura |
| title | Hyperspecialization and hyperscaling A resource-based theory of the digital firm |
| title_full | Hyperspecialization and hyperscaling A resource-based theory of the digital firm |
| title_fullStr | Hyperspecialization and hyperscaling A resource-based theory of the digital firm |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hyperspecialization and hyperscaling A resource-based theory of the digital firm |
| title_short | Hyperspecialization and hyperscaling A resource-based theory of the digital firm |
| title_sort | Hyperspecialization and hyperscaling A resource-based theory of the digital firm |
| topic | 53 Ciencias Económicas::5311 Organización y dirección de empresas ODS 8 - Trabajo decente y crecimiento económico ODS 9 - Industria, innovación e infraestructura |
| topic_facet | 53 Ciencias Económicas::5311 Organización y dirección de empresas ODS 8 - Trabajo decente y crecimiento económico ODS 9 - Industria, innovación e infraestructura |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3365 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/3575 |