shed light on the impact of outsourcing on R&D when supply contracts are incomplete. In particular, we argue that … feeds back to innovation. This determines whether outsourcing decisions leading to static gains from specialized production …

goes a long way to explaining both the aggregate trend and the firmlevel fluctuations in services outsourcing growth. Based …This paper studies how outsourcing of services activities affects TFP at the firm level. Using the universe of buyer …-supplier relationships in Belgium, we first document several new empirical facts about how firms engage in the outsourcing of supporting …

This study adds to our understanding of outsourcing decision-making by examining the differential effect of potential … cost and non-cost innovation benefits on outsourcing choices made by top managers. In addition, we show that value … and leveraging the capabilities it sources through outsourcing partners - plays a moderating role on the decision to …

outsourcing, explores its theoretic landscape in a triadic framework, testifies its empirical significance, and sheds light on the …

outsourcing is one way to reduce the coordination costs that arise in multidivisional firms. We, also, examine the mechanisms … diversification and outsourcing. We test these propositions using novel micro-data on taxicab and limousine firms from the Economic … that firms use outsourcing to mitigate coordination costs associated with related diversification, particularly when …