Generalized Trust, External Sourcing, and Firm Performance in Economic Downturns

The authors thank the senior editor, Matthew Bidwell, and three anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments and suggestions throughout the review process. The authors are grateful for outstanding research assistance from Caroline Koekkoek; for the help of Paige Kemp, Qing Ye, and James Zeitler; and for comments from Dennis Campbell, Kenny Ching, Julien Clement, Isabel Fernandez-Mateo, Laura Kerrigan, Sunkee Lee, Steven Lui, Arianna Marchetti, Marco Minervini, Phanish Puranam, Prateek Raj, and Suraj Srinivasan. The authors also wish to recognize seminar participants at Bayes Business School, the Bocconi University, HEC Paris, UNSW Sydney, the University of Southern Denmark, the University of St. Gallen, and the UCL School of Management reading group.