a. Why do you think Huawei worked with other firms to produce the P9 smartphone rather than performing all the required tasks itself ?

b. What are the roles of transactions costs, economies of scale, economies of scope, and economies of team production in the design, manufacture, and marketing of the P9 smartphone?

Huawei and Leica Partner for the P9 Smartphone In 2016, Leica, a German optic manufacturer, worked with Huawei, a telecommunications firm based in China, to design the Huawei P9 smartphone. Leica developed the image processing algorithms. The Chinese firm Sunny Optical manufactured the camera module. Huawei manufactured the phone at its plant in China.