Vertical organization design in relation to the choice between marketing channel integration and separation under various economic environments has commanded significant attention in the analytical marketing literature. Traditionally, previous marketing science models have defined marketing channel separation as the delegation of decision making to an economic agent other than the central management of the firm (e.g., Jeuland and Shugan 1983; McGuire and Staelin 1983; Moorthy 1988).
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