The company 's old management structure prevented it from doing so because it embodied a nationalistic rivalry that encouraged german and french managers to demand that parts should be sourced from their homelands .
First , when commodity processes and applications are sourced from the outside , a company is not constrained by fixed internal capacity but can contract and expand as business conditions dictate .
Where local companies are leading , much of the value of their products often lies in software of integrated circui ts sourced from the us and elsewhere .
