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APPENDIX B

The Authors’ Research Program

This book draws from two decades of our wide-ranging research and experience, and from studies by many other scholars in our field. The ideas and data we present here stem from multiple large-scale empirical studies and many interviews with senior executives across industries as diverse as auto manufacturing, life sciences, aerospace, consumer packaged goods, and telecommunications. Our research included the following studies:

• A structured survey of 162 telecom companies, worldwide, about their use of sourcing modes to close resource gaps, with follow-up survival analysis of the surveyed telecom companies
• A structured survey of 253 US and European acquisitions in manufacturing industries to assess the ...