Competition in Modular Clusters

• Main Authors: BALDWIN, Carliss Y., WOODARD, C. Jason
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2007
• Subjects: oligopoly pricing; vertical integration; modularity; cluster; Computer Sciences; Management Information Systems
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/797; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/1796/viewcontent/baldwin2007competition.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The last twenty years have witnessed the rise of disaggregated “clusters,” “networks,” or “ecosystems” of firms. In these clusters the activities of R&D, product design, production, distribution, and system integration may be split up among hundreds or even thousands of firms. Different firms wi...