... advantage value creation value capture firm boundaries decision-making Strategic management research has always been interested in market structures and the relative roles and power positions of firms (e.g., Porter, 1980). An important update to this understanding was introduced in the mid...

... within the firm, we know little about the firm's ability to process information beyond its boundaries. We provide a framework for understanding the coordination of activities beyond the firm's boundaries in terms of micro-structural solutions to information provision. Our core insight...

.... Locus of managerial action Description of action Applicable theories Intra-organizational Coordinate resources within firm boundaries Dynamic capabilities Resource redeployment Agency theory Inter-organizational Coordinate relationships with other companies across firm boundaries...