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The 14 pages that link to Make-or-buy decision, each with the reason it gives.

• Opportunity costRelated: Internal production uses resources that could have generated value elsewhere.

• Vertical integrationRelated: Each integration decision asks whether to bring a stage inside or keep buying externally.

• Transaction CostRelated: The choice compares internal coordination costs with the costs of market contracting.

• OutsourcingRelated: This decision establishes whether a task becomes a candidate for outsourcing.

• OffshoringRelated: This decision determines whether offshore work stays in-house or goes to an external provider.

• Transaction Cost EconomicsBroader topic: This is the framework’s clearest practical comparison of hierarchy against market exchange.

• Fixed costRelated: Only avoidable fixed costs should affect this production-versus-purchase comparison.

• Variable costRelated: Comparing avoidable variable costs with supplier prices informs the choice.

• Cost curveRelated: Relevant production costs can be compared with the supplier's price.

• Business economicsRelated: The choice compares production costs with the costs of using markets and contracts.

• Oliver E. WilliamsonRelated: This choice is Williamson's central case of selecting a governance structure.

• Oliver HartRelated: Hart’s analysis connects this choice to ownership and investment incentives.

• Managerial economicsRelated: This decision weighs production costs against contracting and coordination costs.

• PurchasingCompared with: Purchasing applies when the organization chooses external supply rather than internal production.