Boehm, Johannes, Dhingra, Swati and Morrow, John (2016) Swimming upstream: input-output linkages and the direction of product adoption. CEP Discussion Paper, No 1407. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
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Abstract
Multiproduct firms dominate production, and their product turnover contributes substantially to aggregate growth. Firms continually adapt their product mix, but what determines which products firms expand into? Theories of the firm propose that mulitproduct firms choose to make products which need the same know-how or inputs that can't be bought ‘off the shelf’. We empirically examine this rationale by testing for firm-level capabilities that are shared across products and manifested through input-output (IO) linkages. We show that a firm's idiosyncratic horizontal and vertical similarity to a product's IO structure predicts product adoption. Using product-specific policy changes for a firm's inputs and outputs, we show that input linkages are the most important, suggesting that firms' product capabilities depend more on economies of scope rather than product market complementarities.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) | ||||||
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| Official URL: | http://cep.lse.ac.uk/ | ||||||
| Additional Information: | © 2016 The Authors | ||||||
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions |
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| Sets: | Departments > Economics Research centres and groups > Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) |
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| Identification Number: | No 1407 | ||||||
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| Funders: | Economic and Social Research Council | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 09 May 2016 14:17 | ||||||
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/66418/ |
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