Competition and Outsourcing with Scale Economies

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Outsourcing and financial performance: A negative curvilinear effect (2009, background): “Indeed, outsourcing is most useful in commodity markets and has an effect of strengthening price-based competition (Cachon and Harker, 2002) since external suppliers are more likely to provide standardised solutions, reducing the possibilities for successful differentiation from competitors.”
On the Advantage of Quantity Leadership When Outsourcing Production to a Competitive Contract Manufacturer (2013, background): “Elmaghraby (2000) presents a survey of the operational issues related to outsourcing, and Cachon and Harker (2002) consider two competitive ﬁrms facing economies of scale.”
Coordination of supply chain after demand disruptions when retailers compete (2007, background): “In general, economists assume that the market scales are equal, i.e., a1 ¼ a2 ¼ a (Cachon and Harker, 2002).”
How Much Is a Reduction of Your Customers' Wait Worth? An Empirical Study of the Fast-Food Drive-Thru Industry Based on Structural Estimation Methods (2011, unknown): “Cachon and Harker (2002) and So (2000) analyzed the first models in which customers consider criteria beyond the lowest full price when choosing a service provider (e.g., quality).”
Game Theory in Supply Chain Analysis (2004, background): “Second, NE in the resulting non-cooperative game with payoffs (15) is sought.”