explored in an in-depth qualitative examination of sourcing practices in drug development. The outsourcing of central … biotechnology firms, I explain why outsourcing deals take the form of embedded relationships in the first setting, and of seemingly …

distribution program. This led 17 percent of treated locations to switch distributors. Introducing the possibility of outsourcing …Outsourcing government service provision to private firms can improve efficiency and reduce rents, but there are risks … cheating were also more likely to block the outsourcing process. We find no effect on price or quality of providing information …

sourcing locations, and leads to non-monotonic responses in third markets to bilateral trade cost changes …