Outsourcing refers to the practice of a firm entrusting to an external entity the performance of an activity that was performed erstwhile in-house. Although off-shoring and offshore outsourcing to suppliers have dominated much of the recent discussion and debate on outsourcing in scholarly...

FRONT COVER -- INNOVATION AND STRATEGY -- CONTENTS -- EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD -- ABOUT THE GUEST EDITORS AND AUTHORS -- Guest Editors -- Authors -- Introduction -- INTRODUCTION -- Overview -- Publication Mission -- Chapters in This Volume -- CONCEPTUAL PAPERS -- STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING IN AN...

As economies are increasingly driven by services, the introduction of newservices to satisfy customers and improve firm value is becoming a critical issue formanagers. In my dissertation, I take a step in improving the understanding of serviceinnovations.In the first essay, I look at the...

Interorganizational alliances are widely recognized as critical to product innovation. A notable trend is the rapid growth of new product development (NPD) alliances between large, well-established firms and small, growing firms. This dissertation is comprised of two studies on the formation and...

Two important issues regarding international market entry strategy remain largely unexplored: international launch time window (the elapsed time between product launch in the home country and launch in the focal country) and country sequence. First, I investigate the factors that drive...