The paper "The effect of coordination requirements on sourcing decisions: Evidence from patent prosecution services" coauthored by Eduardo Melero,  George Chondrakis (ESADE), and Mari Sako (Oxford University), examines the sourcing of patent prosecution work in large innovative companies. The authors show that inhouse production is more beneficial when coordination requirements between inventors and attorneys increase. Importantly, they also find that plural sourcing firms, i.e. firms that work with both internal attorneys and external law firms, are more likely to respond to these increases and move towards insourcing as compared to firms relying only on outsourcing. This suggests that plural sourcing can be regarded as a strategic investment in sourcing flexibility, allowing firms to respond to changing coordination requirements. This is an adaptive capability which is especially useful in knowledge-intensive sectors.