Many firms have moved from outsourcing only manufacturing and staff support activities (e.g., janitorial services) to outsourcing more complex and central activities such as product and process development. Outsourcing these more complex, nuanced, and time-sensitive activities increases the...

This essay addresses strategic technology sourcing -- the determination of whattechnologies are strategic to a firm (or nation) and the management of the policyoptions that follow from this determination. This work is certainly not the firstword on this subject, nor will it be the last. In fact,...

Competitive maneuvering in the information economy has raised a pressing question: how can firms raise profits by giving away products for free? This paper provides a possible answer and articulates a strategy space for information product design. Free strategic complements can raise a firm's...