Recent arguments in the dynamic capabilities literature suggest that firms need to develop skills with both internal development and external sourcing to be able to thrive over time. We have a limited understanding of the conditions that best suit internal and external sourcing, however, while no largescale study has examined the extent to which firms’ ability to form coherent portfolios of int...

Sourcing, or the question of what a company should carry out in-house and what should be acquired elsewhere, has been discussed for quite some time. This paper addresses the sourcing of application development efforts in the financial industry. Based on a framework for selective sourcing, four cases are investigated and sourcing choices are characterized. Patterns consistent over time can in fa...

Recent arguments in the dynamic capabilities literature suggest that firms need to use both internal development and external sourcing in order to thrive over time. We have a limited understanding of the conditions that best suit the choice of internal versus external sourcing, however, and no large-scale study has examined the extent to which firms’ ability to select appropriate sourcing modes...

Successful supply chain management necessitates an effective sourcing strategy to combat uncertainties in both supply and demand. In particular, supply disruption results in excessive downtime of production resources, upstream and downstream supply chain repercussions, and eventually a loss in the market value of the firm. In this paper we analyze single period, single product sourcing decision...

We investigate Spanish manufacturing firms’ global sourcing decisions with regard to their ownership structure and their locational choice of intermediate input production by exploring a firm-level panel data set covering the years 2000-2007. We distinguish four sourcing categories (foreign integration, foreign outsourcing, domestic integration, domestic outsourcing) thus providing a much more ...

Global supply chains play a critical role in many of the most pressing environmental stresses and social struggles identified by the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Responding to calls from the global community, companies are adopting a variety of voluntary practices to improve the environmental and/or social management of their suppliers' activities. We develop a global s...