We study ex post outsourcing of production in an imperfectly discriminating contest, interpreted here as a research … tournament or a procurement contest for being awarded some production contract. We find that the possibility of outsourcing …, outsourcing reduces the procurement costs of inducing a given level of effort if the contest organizer can collect entry fees …

The study is focused on a new area of management – the outsourcing. It analysed the period 1999-2015 and a total of 437 …: introduction of outsourcing in the scientific field; entry of outsourcing in priorities of the state policy; increasing interest of … companies to outsourcing …