@article{Rasheed_Geiger_2001, place={Huntsville, Texas}, title={Determinants of Governance Structure For The Electronic Value Chain: Resource Dependency and Transaction Costs Perspectives}, volume={18}, url={https://jbs-ojs-shsu.tdl.org/jbs/article/view/199}, DOI={10.54155/jbs.18.2.159-176}, abstractNote={<p>This paper investigates boundary decisions that determine governance structures,<br>particularly intermediaries and external contractors, for executing the<br>primary functions of procurement, sales, and information technology support<br>functions in the value chain model. Utilizing data from 113 firms doing business<br>on the Internet, the findings indicate that firm resources have a significant<br>impact on decisions to outsource or internalize electronic value chain functions.<br>Specifically, firms with a greater reliance on sales intermediaries were found to<br>deploy fewer technical e-commerce resources than firms less dependent on sales<br>intermediaries. Moreover, the number of intermediary procurement functions<br>was positively related to investment in web-based human resources. The results<br>also suggest that firms experiencing lower levels of transaction frequency utilize<br>more types of Internet sales methods.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Journal of Business Strategies}, author={Rasheed, Howard and Geiger, Scott}, year={2001}, month={Oct.}, pages={159–176} }