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The 787's Problems Run Deeper Than Outsourcing

Harvard Business Review

Outsourcing leads to business model risk — you open the door to outsourcing your profits (in fact, a 2001 Boeing paper that is incredibly prescient and worth the time to read identified exactly this problem). The thing about these Government contracts is that they are paid as development proceeds. At least not yet.