latter?s reputation for providing an appropriate quality is damaged. The loss in value of the ownership share may outweigh … the loss due to the lower quality. The anticipation of this effect leads to reduced ex ante incentives for the supplier …?s management to raise quality. A spin-off may therefore be beneficial as it strengthens incentives. Costs and benefits of vertical …

latter’s reputation for providing an appropriate quality is damaged. The loss in value of the ownership share may outweigh … the loss due to the lower quality. The anticipation of this effect leads to reduced ex ante incentives for the supplier …’s management to raise quality. A spin-off may therefore be beneficial as it strengthens incentives. Costs and benefits of vertical …

We study the timing of new technology adoption in markets with input outsourcing, and thus with vertical relations. We … find that technology adoption can take place earlier when firms engage in input outsourcing than when they produce the …

A corporation's offshore outsourcing may be seen as the result of a discrete, strategic decision taken in response to … in which the offshore outsourcing of a corporation goes through a sequence of stages towards sourcing for innovation …. Initially, a corporation's outsourcing is driven by a desire for cost minimization. Over a period of time the outsourcing …