Sunday, November 16

Market Coordination vs. Firm Coordination

Economic activity can be coordinated by markets or by individual firms.

Market coordination
Assemble a final products by outsourcing, i.e. purchasing vaious components from firms specializing in product them.

Firm coordination
A firm organizes input production factors to produce and market goods. Firms can coordinate activity more efficiently than market due to:

· Economies of scope
· Economies of scale
· Team production (lower production costs)
· Transaction costs

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